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REGULATIONS 


FOR    THE 


ARMY  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 


1904 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT    PRINTING   OFFICE 
1904 


WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

Document  No.  230. 

Office  of  the  Chief  of  Staff. 


WAR  DEPARTMENT. 

September  15,  1904. 

The  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  directs  that  the  following  Regu- 
lations for  the  Army  be  published  for  the  government  of  all  concerned,  and,  that  they 
be  strictly  observed.  Nothing  contrary  to  the  tenor  of  these  Regulations  will  be 
enjoined  in  any  part  of  the  forces  of  the  United  States  by  any  commander  whomsoever. 

WM.  H.  TAFT, 
Secretary  of  War. 


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TABLE  OF  CONTESTS. 


ARTICLE  I. 
Military  discipline,  1-5. 

ARTICLE  II. 
Precedence  of  regiments  and  corps,  6. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Rank  and  precedence  of  officers  and  noncommis- 
sioned officers,  7-12. 

^/ARTICLE  IV. 
Command,  13-20. 

ARTICLE  V. 

Appointment  and  promotion  of   commissioned 
officers,  21-37. 


VI. 
Details,  38-42. 

ARTICLE  VII. 
Chaplains,  43-46. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 
Transfer  or  exchange  of  officers,  47,48. 

ARTICLE  IX. 
Leaves  of  absence  to  officers,  49-67. 

ARTICLE  X. 
Officers  traveling  on  duty,  68-75. 

ARTICLE  XI. 
Retirement  of  officers,  76-78. 

ARTICLE  XII. 
Resignation  of  officers,  79-82. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 
Deceased  officers,  83-87. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 
Veterinarians,  Cavalry  and  Artillery  Corps,  88-92. 

ARTICLE  XV. 
The  post  noncommissioned  staff,  93-102. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 
Detached  soldiers,  103. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 
Furloughs  to  soldiers,  104-111. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 
Transfer  of  enlisted  men,  112,  113. 

ARTICLE  XIX. 
Deserters,  114-132. 

ARTICLE  XX. 
Retirement  of  enlisted  men,  133-137. 


ARTICLE  XXI. 

Discharges,  138-156.     Certificates   of  disability, 
157-159. 

ARTICLE  XXII. 
Deceased  soldiers,  160-165. 

ARTICLE  XXIII. 

Working  parties.    Extra  and  special  duty  men, 
166-175. 

ARTICLE  XXIV. 
Soldiers'  Home,  176-179. 

ARTICLE  XXV. 
Medals  of  honor  and  certificates  of  merit,  180-185. 

ARTICLE  XXVI. 
Territorial  divisions  and  departments,  186-197. 

ARTICLE  XXVII. 

Military  posts  and  reservations:  Posts,  198-208; 
Reservations,  209-211. 

ARTICLE  XXVIII. 
Flags,  colors,  standards,  and  guidons,  212-234. 

ARTICLE  XXIX. 

^Regiments  and  battalions:  Organization  and  in- 
struction, 235-238;  The  regimental  staff,  239-248; 
Regimental  records,  249,  250;  Bands,  251-255. 


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ARTICLE  XXX. 

>ps,  batteries,  and  companies:  Officers  and 
noncommissioned  officers,  256-270;  Company 
books  and  records,  271-273;  Interior  economy  of 
companies,  274-286;  Messing  and  cooking,  287- 
293. 

ARTICLE  XXXI. 
cfhe  Artillery  Corps:  The  Chief  of  Artillery,  294, 
295;  The  coast  artillery,  296-301;  The  field  artil- 
lery, 302-305;  Noncommissioned  staff  officers, 
306;  Artillery  practice,  307-311. 

ARTICLE  XXXII. 
Councils  of  administration,  312-317. 

ARTICLE  XXXIII. 

Regimental,  bakery,  company,  and  mess  funds, 
318-330. 

ARTICLE  XXXIV. 
Post  bakeries,  331-336. 

ARTICLE  XXXV. 
Libraries,  reading  rooms,  etc.,  337-346. 

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TABLE    OF    CONTENTS. 


ARTICLE  XXXVI. 
Post  gardens,  347-349. 

ARTICLE  XXXVII. 
Post  exchanges,  350-352. 

ARTICLE  XXXVIII. 
Visits  to  lake  and  seacoast  defenses,  353,  354. 

ARTICLE  XXXIX. 
Small-arms  practice,  355-358. 

ARTICLE  XL. 

Roster,  detachments,  and  daily  service:  The  ros- 
ter, 359-369;  Detachments,  370-374;  Daily  serv- 
ice, 375-379. 

ARTICLE  XLI. 

Honors,  courtesies,  and  ceremonies:  Honors,  380- 
396;  Salutes  with  cannon,  397-401;  National 
salutes,  402, 403;  Personal  salutes,  404-409;  Visits 
and  courtesies,  410-418;  Escorts  of  honor,  419; 
Funeral  honors,  420-438;  Ceremonies,  439-444. 

ARTICLE  XLII. 
Guards,  445-448. 

ARTICLE  XLIII. 
Maps  and  reconnaissances,  449-453. 

O-jfRTICLE  XLIV. 

Military  education,  454. 

I/ARTICLE  XLV. 
The  militia,  455-463. 

ARTICLE  XLVI. 
The  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  464-469. 

ARTICLE  XLVII. 

Indians:   Indian  country,   etc.,  470-477;   Indian 
scouts,  478-482. 

ARTICLE  XLVIII. 

Employment  of  troops  in  the  enforcement  of  the 
laws,  483-488. 

ARTICLE  XLIX. 
Cemeteries,  489-497. 

ARTICLE  L. 

Advertising  and  printing:  Newspaper  advertis- 
ing, 498-508;  Job  printing,  509-513. 

ARTICLE  LI. 

Purchase  of  supplies  and  engagement  of  services: 
General  provisions,  514-519;  Advertising  for 
proposals,  520-524;  Proposals,  525-541;  Awards, 
542-546;  Abstracts  of  proposals,  547;  Forms  of 
agreement,  548-552;  Contracts,  553-563;  Marking 
supplies  by  contractors,  564. 

ARTICLE  LII. 

Bonds  of  disbursing  officers,  bidders,  and  con- 
tractors, 565-579. 

ARTICLE  LIII. 

Money  accountability:  Public  moneys,  580-583; 
Disbursing  officers,  584-597;  Transfers,  598, 599; 
Checks,  600-608;  Official  check  books,  609-611; 
Certificates  of  deposit,  612-617;  Proceeds  of  sales, 
618-620;  Appropriations,  621-629;  Accounts  cur- 
rent, 630-634;  Money  vouchers,  635-656;  Pecun- 
iary responsibility  of  officers,  657, 658;  Adminis- 
trative examination  of  money  accounts,  659, 660. 


ARTICLE  LIV. 

Public  property  accountability  and  responsi- 
bility: General  provisions,  661-696;  Property 
accountability,  697-705;  Administrative  exami- 
nation of  property  returns,  706,  707. 

ARTICLE  LV. 
Lands,  buildings,  and  improvements,  708-712. 

ARTICLE  LVI. 
Surveys  on  property,  713-729. 

ARTICLE  LVII. 

Civilian  employees:  General  provisions,  730-734. 
Traveling  expenses,  735-742. 

ARTICLE  LVIII. 
^Staff  administration,  743-754. 

ARTICLE  LIX. 
(^  General  Staff  Corps,  755-776. 

ARTICLE  LX. 
^tilitary  Secretary's  Department,  777. 

ARTICLE  LXI. 
(•^Military  correspondence,  778-795. 

ARTICLE  LXII. 
^  Orders,  796-811. 

^     ARTICLE  LXIII. 
Muster  rolls,  812-815. 

ARTICLE  LXIV. 
Returns  of  troops,  records,  816-831. 

ARTICLE  LXV. 
Personal  and  efficiency  reports,  832-842. 

ARTICLE  LXVI. 
Penalty  envelopes,  843-848. 

ARTICLE  LXVII. 

The  recruiting  service:  Details,  849;  Depots  and 
stations,  850-855;  Enlistments,  '856-S72;  Medical 
examination,  873-881;  Recruits  sent  to  organi- 
zations, 882-887. 

ARTICLE  LXVIII. 

Inspector-General's  Department:  General  provi- 
sions, 888-896;  Stated  inspections,  897-903;  Meth- 
ods of  inspection,  904-908;  Disbursements  and 
accounts,  909,910;  Property  for  condemnation, 
911-921. 

ARTICLE  LXIX. 
Judge- Advocate-General's  Department,   922-928. 

ARTICLE  LXX. 
Arrest  and  confinement,  929-950. 

ARTICLE  LXXI. 
Courts-martial,  951-997. 

ARTICLE  LXXII. 
Civilian  witnesses,  998-1003. 

ARTICLE  LXXIII. 

Employment  of  civil  counsel,  1004, 1005.    Habeas 
corpus,  1006-1008. 


TABLE    OF    CONTENTS. 


vX  ARTICLE  LXXIV. 

Quartermaster's  Department:  General  duties, 
1009-1017;  Barracks  and  quarters,  1018-1055; 
Illuminating  supplies,  1056-1067;  Stationery, 
1068-1071;  Purchase  of  public  animals,  1072- 
1079;  Veterinary  medicines,  1080-1082;  Forage 
and  straw,  1083-1091;  Care  and  accountability 
for  property,  1092-1100;  Horses  of  mounted 
officers,  1101-1105;  Military  attaches,  1106; 
Transportation,  1107-1152;  Clothing  and  equip- 
age, 1-153-1193;  Telegraphing,  1194-1203;  Tele- 
phoning, 1204. 

AETICLE  LXXV. 

^Subsistence  Department:  General  duties,  1205; 
Commissaries,  1206-1208;  Subsistence  supplies 
in  bulk,  1209-1213;  Transfers  in  bulk,  1214; 
Storehouses,  1215, 1216;  Fresh  meats,  1217;  The 
ration,  1218-1228;  Liquid  coffee,  1229;  Issues  of 
rations,  1230-1241;  Other  issues  of  subsistence 
stores,  1242-1245;  Savings,  1246-1248;  Commuta- 

»  tion,  1249-1264;  Sales,  1265-1278;  Blank  forms, 
1279. 

ARTICLE  LXXVI. 

(y  Pay  Department:  General  provisions,  1280-1282; 
Payments  to  officers,  1283-1293;  Additional  pay, 
1294-1298;  Mounted  pay,  1299-1302;  Pay  during 
absence,  1303-1306;  Mileage,  1307-1326;  Com- 
mutation of  quarters,  1327-1335;  Stoppages, 
1336-1339;  Payment  of  cadets,  1340-1342;  Pay- 
ment of  enlisted  men,  1343-1365;  Reenlistment 
and  continuous-service  pay,  1366-1369;  Certifi- 
cate of  merit,  1370;  Additional  pay  to  enlisted 
men,  1371-1373;  Allotments,  1374-1387;  Deposits, 
1388-1396;  Forfeitures  and  deductions,  1397- 
1399;  Pay  of  deserters,  1400-1402;  Payment  of 
discharged  soldiers,  1403-1411;  Miscellaneous, 
1412. 


ARTICLE  LXXVII. 

medical  Department:  General  provisions,  1413, 
1414;  Appointments,  1415,  1416;  Contract  sur- 
geons, dental  surgeons,  1417-1430;  The  Hospital 
Corps,  1431-1449;  Army  Nurse  Corps,  1450-1455; 
Garrison  service,  1456-1461;  Field  service,  1462- 
1466;  General  hospitals,  1467-1474;  Service  of 
hospitals,  1475-1490;  Hospital  buildings,  1491- 
1497;  Sick  call,  1498,1499;  Medical  attendance, 
1500-1512;  Medical  supplies,  1513-1515;  Reports 
and  returns,  1516;  Artificial  limbs,  1517-1521. 

ARTICLE  LXXVIII. 
Corps  of  Engineers,  1522-1539. 

ARTICLE  LXXIX. 

The  Ordnance  Department:  General  provisions, 
1540;  Issues  and  sales,  1541-1556;  Expenditure 
of  ammunition,  1557-1560:  Surplus  and  dam- 
aged stores,  1561-1571;  Inspection  of  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores,  1572-1574;  Packing  and 
transportation,  1575-1579;  Returns  and  reports, 
1580-1584;  Tests  and  experimental  trials,  1585- 
1587. 

ARTICLE  LXXX. 
The  Signal  Corps,  1588-1600. 

ARTICLE  LXXXI. 
Uniform,  1601. 

ARTICLE  LXXXII. 
Manuals  of  staff  departments  and  blank  forms, 

1602-1604. 
Articles  of  War  (Re vised  Statutes,  sections  1202 

and  1343,  and  act  of  March  2,  1901),  pp.  229-242. 
Index  to  A.  R.,  pp.  255-302. 


REGU  LATIONS 

FOR  THE 


ARMY   OF   THE    UNITED   STATES. 


ARTICLE   I. 
MILITARY  DISCIPLINE. 

1.  All  persons  in  the  military  service  are  required  to  obey  strictly  and  to  execute 
promptly  the  lawful  orders  of  their  superiors. 

2.  Military  authority  will  be  exercised  with  firmness,  kindness,  and  justice.     Pun- 
ishments must  conform  to  law  and  follow  offenses  as  promptly  as  circumstances  will 
permit. 

3.  Superiors  are  forbidden  to  injure  those  under  their  authority  by  tyrannical  or 
capricious  conduct  or  by  abusive  language. 

4.  Courtesy  among  military  men  is  indispensable  to  discipline;  respect  to  superiors 
will  not  be  confined  to  obedience- on  duty,  but  will  be  extended  on  all  occasions. 

5.  Deliberations  or  discussions  among  military  men  conveying  praise  or  censure, 
or  any  mark  of  approbation,  toward  others  in  the  military  service,  and  all  publica- 
tions relating  to  private  or  personal  transactions  between  officers,  are  prohibited. 
Efforts  to  influence  legislation  affecting  the  Army,  or  to  procure  personal  favor  or 
consideration,  should  never  be  made  except  through  regular  military  channels;  the 
adoption  of  any  other  method  by  any  officer  or  enlisted  man  will  be  noted  in  the 
military  record  of  those  concerned. 

ARTICLE  II. 

PRECEDENCE  OF  REGIMENTS  AND  CORPS. 

6.  On  all  occasions  of  ceremony,  troops  are  arranged  from  right  to  left  in  line,  and 
from  head  to  rear  in  column,  in  the  following  order:  First,  infantry;  second,  field 
artillery;  third,  cavalry.     Artillery  serving  as  infantry  is  posted  as  infantry;  dis- 
mounted cavalry  and  marines  are  on  the  left  of  the  infantry;  engineer  troops  and 
detachments  of  the  Signal  Corps  are  on  the  right  of  the  command  to  which  they  are 
attached;  detachments  of  the  Hospital  Corps  are  assigned  to  place  according  to  the 
nature  of  the  service.     When  cavalry  and  field  artillery,    or  field  artillery  and 
infantry,  are  reviewed  together  without  other  troops,  the  artillery  is  posted  on 
the  left.     In  the  same  arm,  regulars,  volunteers,  and  militia  are  posted  in  line  from 
right  to  left,  or  in  column  from  head  to  rear,  in  the  order  named.     In  reviews  of 
large  bodies  of  troops  the  different  arms  and  classes  are  posted  at  the  discretion  of 
the  commanding  general,  due  regard  being  paid  to  their  position  in  camp.     On  all 
other  occasions  troops  of  all  classes  are  posted  at  the  discretion  of  the  general  or 
senior  commander. 

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10  BANK    AND   PRECEDENCE. 

ARTICLE  III. 

RANK  AND  PRECEDENCE  OF  OFFICERS  AND  NONCOMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 

7.  Military  rank  is  that  character  or  quality  bestowed  on  military  persons  which 
marks  their  station,  and  confers  eligibility  to  exercise  command  or  authority  in  the 
military  service  within  the  limits  prescribed  by  law.  It  is  divided  into  degrees  or 
grades,  which  mark  the  relative  positions  and  powers  of  the  different  classes  of  per- 
sons possessing  it. 

§.  Bank  is  generally  held  by  virtue  of  office  in  an  arm  of  the  service,  corps,  or 
department,  but  may  be  conferred  independently  of  office,  as  in  the  case  of  retired 
officers  and  of  those  holding  it  by  brevet. 

9.  The  following  are  the  grades  of  rank  of  officers  and  noncommissioned  officers: 

1.  Lieutenant-general.  geant;    electrician    sergeant;    ser- 

2.  Major-general.  geant  first  class  hospital  corps ;  first- 

3.  Brigadier-general.  class  signal  sergeant. 

4.  Colonel.  14.  QuartermasterTsergeant  and  commis- 

5.  Lieutenant-colonel.  sary- sergeant,     regimental;    chief 

6.  Major.  musician. 

7.  Captain.  15.  Sergeant-major,  squadron  and  battal- 

8.  First  lieutenant.  ion;  sergeant-major,  junior  grade, 

9.  Second  lieutenant.  artillery;      color-sergeant;       chief 

10.  Veterinarian,  cavalry  and  artillery.  trumpeter,  principal  musician;  bat- 

11.  Cadet.  talion  quartermaster-sergeant,  engi- 

12.  Sergeant-major,  regimental;  sergeant-  neers. 

major,  senior  grade,  artillery;  mas-  16.  First  sergeant;  drum  major. 

ter  electrician;  master  signal  elec-  17.  Sergeant;    quartermaster  -  sergeant, 

trician.  company;  stable  sergeant,  battery. 

13.  Ordnance  sergeant;  post  commissary-  18.  Corporal. 

sergeant;    post    quartermaster-ser- 
in each  grade  date  of  commission,  appointment,  or  warrant  determines  the  order 
of  precedence. 

10.  Officers  of  the  Regular  Army,  Marine  Corps,  and  volunteers  when  commis- 
sioned or  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United  States,  being  upon  equal  footing, 
take  precedence  in  each  grade  by  date  of  commission  or  appointment.     Militia  offi- 
cers, when  employed  with  the  regular  or  volunteer  forces  of  the  United  States,  take 
rank  next  after  all  officers  of  like  grade  in  those  forces. 

11.  Between  officers  of  the  same  grade  and  date  of  appointment  or  commission, 
other  than  through  promotion  by  seniority,  relative  rank  is  determined  by  length  of 
service,  continuous  or  otherwise,  as  a  commissioned  officer  of  the  United  States, 
either  in  the  Regular  Army  or,  since  April  19,  1861,  in  the  volunteer  forces.    When 
periods  of  service  are  equal,  precedence  will,  except  when  fixed  by  order  of  merit  on 
examination,  be  determined,  first,  by  rank  in  service  when  appointed;  second,  by 
former  rank  in  the  Army  or  Marine  Corps;  third,  by  lot. 

12.  The  relative  rank  between  officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  is  as  follows,  lineal 
rank  only  being  considered: 

General  with  admiral.  Major  with  lieutenant-commander. 

Lieutenant-general  with  vice-admiral.  Captain  with  lieutenant. 

Major-general  with  rear-admiral.  First  lieutenant  with  lieutenant    (junior 

Brigadier-general  with  commodore.01  grade). 

Colonel  with  captain.  Second  lieutenant  with  ensign. 

Lieutenant-colonel  with  commander. 

« The  grade  of  commodore  ceased  to  exist  as  a  grade  of  rank  on  the  active  list  in  the  Navy  of  the 
United  States  on  March  3, 1899.  By  section  7  of  the  act  of  March  3,  1899  (30  Stat.  L.,  971),  the  nine 
junior  rear-admirals  are  authorized  to  receive  the  pay  and  allowances  of  brigadier-generals  in  the 
Army. 


COMMAND APPOINTMENT    AND   PROMOTION.  11 

ARTICLE  IV. 

COMMAND. 

/J13.  Command  is  exercised  by  virtue  of  office  and  the  special  assignment  of 
officers  holding  military  rank  who  are  eligible  by  law  to  exercise  command.  With- 
out orders  from  competent  authority  an  officer  can  not  put  himself  on  duty  by  virtue 
of  his  commission  alone,  except  as  contemplated  in  the  twenty-fourth  and  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-second  Articles  of  WarJ 

14.  The  following  are  the  commands  appropriate  to  each  grade: 

1.  For  a  captain,  a  company. 

2.  For  a  major,  a  battalion. 

3.  For  a  colonel,  a  regiment. 

4.  For  a  brigadier-general,  a  brigade. 

5.  For  a  major-general,  a  division. 

15.  The  designation  " company,"  as  used  in  these  regulations,  applies  to  troops 
of  cavalry,  batteries  of  field  artillery,  and  to  companies  and  bands  of  all  arms  and 
corps.     The  designation  "battalion"  applies  in  like  manner  to  squadrons  of  cavalry. 

1 6.  The  functions  assigned  to  any  officer  in  these  regulations  by  title  of  office 
devolve  upon  the  officer  acting  in  his  place,  except  when  otherwise  specified.     An 
officer  in  temporary  command  shall  not,  except  in  urgent  cases,  alter  or  annul  the 
standing  orders  of  the  permanent  commander  without  authority  from  **»•*  next 
higher  commander. 

17.  An  officer  who  succeeds  to  any  command  or  duty  stands  in  regard  to  his 
duties  in  the  same  situation  as  his  predecessor.     The  officer  relieved  will  turn  over 
to  his  successor  all  orders  in  force  at  the  time  and  all  the  public  property  and  funds 
pertaining  to  his  command  or  duty. 

18.  An  officer  of  Engineers  not  on  duty  with  Engineer  troops,  or  of  Ordnance,  or 
of  the  Military  Secretary's,  Inspector-General's,  Judge- Advocate-General's,  Quarter- 
master's, or  Subsistence  Department,  or  Signal  Corps,  or  of  the  line  detailed  to  fill 
a  vacancy  in  these  staff  departments  or  corps,  though  eligible  to  command,  accord- 
ing to  his  rank,  shall  not  assume  command  of  troops  unless  put  on  duty  under  orders 
which  specially  so  direct,  by  authority  of  the  President. 

19.  An  officer  of  the  Pay  or  Medical  Department  can  not  exercise  command, 
except  in  his  own  department;  but  any  staff  officer,  by  virtue  of  his  commission,  may 
command  all  enlisted  men  like  other  commissioned  officers. 

20.  When  an  officer  is  charged  with  directing  an  expedition  or  making  a  recon- 
naissance, without  having  command  of  the  escort,  the  commander  of  the  escort  will 
consult  him  touching  all  arrangements  necessary  to  secure  the    success  of    the 
operation. 

ARTICLE  V. 

APPOINTMENT  AND  PROMOTION  OF  COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 

21.  Notices  of  appointments  and  promotions  are  issued  by  the  War  Department 
through  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 

22.  Appointment  to  the  grade  of  general  officer  is  made  by  selection  from  the 
Army. 

23.  Oaths  of  office  of  officers  of  the  Army  will  be  taken  before  some  officer  who  is 
authorized  by  the  law  of  the  United  States  or  by  the  local  municipal  law  to  adminis- 
ter oaths,  before  the  judge-advocate  of  a  department,  or  of  a  court-martial,  or  before 
the  trial  officer  of  a  summary  court.     Officers  of  the  Army,  other  than  those  above 
specified,  are  not  authorized  by  law  to  administer  such  oaths. 

24.  Promotions  in  established  staff  corps  and  departments  are  limited  to  officers 
holding  permanent  appointments  therein  and  to  include  the  grade  of  colonel  will  be 
made  by  seniority,  subject  to  the  examination  required  by  law. 


12  APPOINTMENTS    AND   PROMOTIONS— EXAMINATIONS. 

25.  Promotions  in  the  line  of  the  Army  to  include  the  grade  of  colonel,  in  each 
arm  of  the  service,  will  be  made  by  seniority,  subject  to  the  examinations  required 
by  law. 

26.  Whenever  any  officer  is  ordered  before  an  examining  or  retiring  board  the 
originals  or  copies  of  all  official  records  affecting  his  character  or  efficiency,  on  file 
in  any  bureau  of  the  War  Department,  will  be  furnished  to  The  Military  Secretary 
of  the  Army  and  by  him  forwarded  for  the  consideration  of  the  board. 

27.  Vacancies  in  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant  existing  on  July  1  in  each  year, 
after  that  year's  graduates  of  the  United  States  Military  Academy  have  been  commis- 
sioned, may  be  filled  by  appointment,  in  the  following  order:  (1)  of  enlisted  men  of 
the  Army,  whose  fitness  for  advancement  shall  have  been  determined  by  competitive 
examination;  (2)  from  civil  life. 

All  vacancies  occurring  after  July  1  of  any  year,  not  filled  by  the  appointment  of 
additional  second  lieutenants,  will  be  held  until  the  next  graduating  class  of  the 
Military  Academy  is  commissioned. 

2§.  A  soldier  to  be  eligible  to  compete  for  appointment  to  the  grade  of  second 
lieutenant  must  be  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  unmarried,  and  under  30  years  of 
age  on  the  1st  day  of  May  of  the  year  in  which  he  is  to  enter  the  competition;  he 
must  also  be  physically  sound,  of  good  moral  character  before  and  after  enlistment, 
and  must  have  served  honorably  not  less  than  two  years  in  the  Army  as  an  enlisted 
man;  he  must  be  an  enlisted  man  of  the  Army  at  the  date  of  his  application. 

29.  An  enlisted  man  who  desires  to  appear  for  competitive  examination  will 
submit  through  military  channels  an  application  so  that  it  will  reach  the  department 
commander  on  or  before  January  1  of  the  year  in  which  he  desires  to  take  the 
examination. 

Company  commanders  in  forwarding  such  applications  will  verify  the  statements 
of  service  as  given,  and  will  state  specifically  whether,  in  their  opinion,  the  soldier 
fulfills  each  of  the  conditions  required  by  the  preceding  paragraph. 

30.  With  a  view  to  the  selection  of  proper  enlisted  men  for  advancement  to  the 
grade  of  second  lieutenant  each  department  commander  will,  as  soon  as  practicable 
after  February  1  of  each  year,  convene  a  board  of  five  officers,  two  of  whom  shall 
be  medical  officers,  for  the  preliminary  examination  of  the  soldiers  of  his  com- 
mand who  are  legally  qualified  therefor,  with  a  view  to  determine  their  eligibility 
for  the  final  competitive  examination.     This  board  will  institute  a  rigid  inquiry  into 
the  character,  capacity,  record,  and  qualifications  of  the  several  candidates,  and  will 
recommend  none  for  the  final  competitive  examination  who  is  not  able  to  establish 
his  fitness  for  promotion  to  the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  board.     On  May  1  of  each 
year  the  WTar  Department  will  convene  a  board  of  five  officers,  before  which  those 
who  have  successfully  passed  the  departmental  boards  will  appear  for  final  competi- 
tive examination  with  a  view  to  the  selection  of  those  best  qualified  for  appointment 
to  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant  in  the  Army. 

31.  Each  enlisted  man  who  passes  the  final  competitive  examination  will  receive 
from  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  a  certificate  of  eligibility  for  appointment 
to  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant  and  will  be  recommended  for  advancement  in  the 
order  of  merit  as  determined  by  the  final  competitive  examination.     An  enlisted  man 
who  has  passed  a  departmental  board,  but  has  failed  to  be  found  eligible  upon  final 
competitive  examination,  may  in  the  following  year  appear  for  final  competitive 
examination  on  proper  application  made  through  department  headquarters  and  will 
not  be  required  to  pass  a  departmental  board  a  second  time.     An  applicant  who  twice 
fails  in  his  final  competitive  examination  to  obtain  a  certificate  of  eligibility  can  not 
again  compete  for  appointment  to  the  grade  of  second  lieutenant  in  the  Army. 

32.  All  rights  and  privileges  arising  from  a  certificate  of  eligibility  terminate  the 
1st  of  May  next  succeeding  the  competitive  examination,  unless  the  soldier  shall 
again  be  recommended  on   competitive  examination;  or  they  may  be  vacated  by 


APPOINTMENTS    AND    PROMOTIONS DETAILS.  13 

sentence  of  a  court-martial,  but  no  soldier  while  holding  the  privileges  of  a  certificate 
shall  be  brought  before  a  garrison  or  regimental  court-martial  or  summary  court. 

33.  Enlisted  men  holding  certificates  of  eligibility  who  may  be  guilty  of  miscon- 
duct will  be  promptly  reported  to  the  War  Department,  through  regimental  and 
department  headquarters,  the  report  to  contain  a  full  statement  of  the  misconduct, 
with  names  of  witnesses.     The  department  commander  will  see  that  the  candidate 
has  a  fair  and  impartial  hearing,  and  will  forward  the  report  for  the  decision  of  the 
War  Department. 

34.  A  civilian  to  be  eligible  for  appointment  must  be  a  citizen  of  the  United  States, 
unmarried,  between  twenty-one  and  twenty-seven  years  of  age,  must  be  examined 
and  approved  as  to  habits,  moral  character,  mental  and  physical  ability,  education, 
and  general  fitness  for  the  service.     The  educational  qualifications  required  for 
appointment  will  be  announced  in  orders  from  time  to  time  by  the  War  Department. 

35.  No  person  shall  be  examined  unless  he  has  a  letter  from  the  War  Department 
authorizing  his  examination. 

If  the  candidate  has  been  graduated  at  an  institution  where  he  received  military 
instruction,  he  must  present  a  diploma  or  a  recommendation  from  the  faculty  of  the 
institution. 

If  a  member  of  the  organized  militia,  he  must  present  recommendations  from  the 
proper  authorities  thereof. 

36.  Every  candidate  will  be  subjected  to  a  rigid  physical  examination,  and  if 
there  be  found  to  exist  any  cause  of  disqualification  which  might  in  the  future  impair 
his  efficiency  as  an  officer  of  the  Army,  he  will  be  rejected.     The  board  will  inquire 
and  report  concerning  each  applicant  wThether  he  is  of  good  moral  character  or 
addicted  to  the  use  of  intoxicating  liquors.     Examination  as  to  physical  qualifications 
will  conform  to  the  standard  required  of  recruits,  and  include  a  certificate  of  physical 
examination  by  two  medical  officers  to  accompany  the  proceedings  of  the  board. 

37.  No  person  who  has  been  a  cadet  at  the  Military  Academy  is  to  be  deemed 
under  any  circumstances  entitled  to  receive  a  commission  in  advance  of  the  gradua- 
tion of  his  class.     Under  the  act  of  Congress  approved  March  2,  1901,  no  cadet  who 
has  been  expelled  from  the  Military  Academy  for  hazing  will  be  commissioned  until 
two  years  after  the  graduation  of  the  class  of  which  he  was  a  member. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

DETAILS. 

(jj§.  Regulations  respecting  details  of  line  officers  to  the  staff,  together  with  such 
rules  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  President  in  regard  to  examinations  therefor,  will 
be  announced  in  orders,  from  time  to  time,  by  the  War  Department.^ 

39.  In  making  details  for  special  duty  and  detached  service,  due  consideration  will 
be  given  to  the  efficiency,  zeal,  and  reliability  of  officers  as  evidenced  by  the  record 
of  their  services. 

40.  An  officer  will  not  be  detached  from  his  corps  or  arm  of  the  service  unless  he 
has  served  at  least  two  of  the  preceding  six  years  therewith. 

When  at  any  time  an  officer  has  served  less  than  two  of  the  preceding  six  years 
with  his  corps  or  arm  of  the  service,  he  will  be  ordered  to  join  said  corps  or  arm  of 
the  service  unless  on  detached  service  which,  under  the  law,  can  not  be  so  termi- 
nated. Exceptions  to  this  rule  will  not  be  made  except  in  case  of  emergency  or  in 
time  of  war. 

41.  Except  when  detailed  in  the  General  Staff  Corps,  general  officers  are  authorized 
to  have  aids  as  follows: 

The  lieutenant-general,  two  aids  and  a  military  secretary  who  have  the  rank  of 
lieutenant-colonel  while  so  serving;  a  major-general,  three  aids  to  be  taken  from  the 
captains  or  lieutenants  of  the  Army;  a  brigadier-general,  two  aids  to  be  taken  from 


14  CHAPLAINS TRANSFERS    AND    EXCHANGES. 

the  lieutenants  of  the  Army.  An  officer  assigned  to  duty  in  accordance  with  his 
brevet  rank  as  major-general  or  brigadier-general,  may,  with  the  special  sanction  of 
the  War  Department,  be  allowed  the  aids  of  the  grade.  General  officers  may  select 
their  aids  from  officers  serving  in  their  command  subject  to  the  restrictions  pre- 
scribed in  paragraph  40,  but  appointments  as  aids  of  officers  serving  without  such 
limits  must  receive  the  approval  of  the  War  Department. 

42.  The  laws,  regulations,  and  instructions  governing  the  details  of  officers  of  the 
Army,  active  and  retired,  at  educational  institutions  will  be  published  from  time  to 
time  by  the  War  Department. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

CHAPLAINS. 

43.  Regimental  chaplains  and  chaplains  of  the  Artillery  Corps  will  be  assigned 
and  transferred  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

44.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  commanders  of  regiments,  hospitals,  and  posts  to 
afford  to  chaplains,  assigned  to  the  same  for  duty,  such  facilities  as  may  aid  them  in 
the  performance  of  their  duties. 

The  instruction  of  the  enlisted  men  in  the  common  English  branches  of  education 
is  made  by  law  one  of  the  duties  of  chaplains.  They  will  not  be  employed  on 
duties  other  than  those  required  of  them  by  law  or  pertaining  to  their  profession, 
except  when  the  exigencies  of  the  service,  a  result  of  deficiency  in  number  of  officers 
present,  require  it. 

45.  Chaplains  will  render,  through  military  channels,  monthly  reports  of  the 
duties  performed  by  them,  and  of  all  births,  baptisms,  marriages,  and  deaths  occur- 
ring at  their  stations.     The  reports  will  be  made  on  the  prescribed  form  to  The  Mili- 
tary Secretary  of  the  Army. 

46.  Chaplains  will  not  be  required  to  turn  out  with  troops  on  occasions  of  cere- 
mony, but  will  be  inspected  at  chapels,   schoolrooms,  libraries,  or  such  places  as 
may  be  designated  by  commanding  officers. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

TRANSFER  OR  EXCHANGE  OF  OFFICERS. 

47.  Officers  transferred  from  one  arm  or  corps  to  another,  on  mutual  application, 
will  be  nominated  for  reappointment  with  rank  as  of  the  date  of  the  commission  of 
the  junior  officer  previous  to  the  transfer,  and  upon  confirmation  will  be  recommis- 
sioned  accordingly.     An  officer  of  the  lowest  grade  in  any  arm  or  corps  who  may  be 
transferred,  on  his  own  application,  to  a  vacancy  in  his  grade  in  any  other  arm  or 
corps  will  take  rank  next  after  the  junior  officer  of  the  arm  or  corps  to  which  he  is 
transferred,  and  will  be  nominated  for  reappointment,  with  a  new  date  of  rank  if 
necessary  to  fix  his  proper  position,  and  upon  confirmation  will  be  recommissioned 
accordingly.     These  new  appointments  and  commissions  will  determine  the  rank  of 
transferred  officers  in  their  regiments  and  corps  as  well  as  in  the  Army. 

48.  Officers  in  each  arm  of  the  service  will  be  transferred  from  one  regiment  to 
another  therein,  as  the  interests  of  the  service  require,  by  orders  from  the  War 
Department,  without  change  of  rank  or  commission.     The  transfer  or  exchange  of 
company  officers  of  a  regiment  will  be  made  only  as  the  interests  of  the  service 
require  by  the  regimental  commander  when  change  of  station  is  not  involved;  in 
cases  involving  change  of  station,  by  the  regimental  commander  with  the  approval 
of  the  authority  competent  to  direct  the  necessary  travel. 

'  Artillery  district  commanders  have  the  sam'e  authority  in  transferring  lieutenants 
of  artillery  within  their  districts  as  is  herein  given  to  regimental  commanders. 

Transfers  and  exchanges  made  under  this  paragraph  will  be  immediately  reported 
to  the  War  Department. 


LEAVES    OF    ABSENCE   TO    OFFICEKS.  15 

ARTICLE  IX. 

LEAVES  OF  ABSENCE  TO  OFFICERS. 

49.  In  time  of  peace  the  commander  of  a  post  may  grant  leaves  of  absence  not  to 
exceed  ten  days  at  one  time  or  in  the  same  month. 

50.  The  commander  of  a  post  may  take  leave  of  absence  not  to  exceed  ten  days  at 
one  time  or  in  the  same  month,  reporting  the  fact  to  his  next  superior  commander. 

51.  The  commander  of  a  tactical  division  or  separate  brigade  may  grant  leaves 
for  one  month,  the  commander  of  a  corps  or  department  for  two  months,  the  com- 
mander of  a  territorial  division  or  department  not  part  of  a  division  for  four  months; 
or  they  may  extend  to  such  periods  those  already  granted.     Applications  for  leaves 
of  more  than  four  months'  duration  or  from  officers  of  the  staff  corps  and  departments 
for  more  than  one  month,  will  be  forwarded  for  the  action  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment.    General  officers  stationed  within  the  continental  limits  of  the  United  States 
will  not  grant  themselves  leaves  to  pass  beyond  those  limits,  nor  will  general  officers 
serving  in  the  Philippines  Division  grant  themselves  leaves  to  go  beyond  the  limits 
of  that  division. 

52.  Chiefs  of  bureaus  may  grant  leaves  for  one  month  to  officers  of  their  respec- 
tive corps  serving  under  their  immediate  direction,  or  extend  to  that  period  those 
already  granted  to  such  officers. 

53.  Leaves  of  absence  for  three  months,  from  date  of  graduation,  will  be  allowed 
to  graduates  of  the  Military  Academy.     Such  leaves  will  not  be  counted  against  them 
in  subsequent  applications  for  leave,  but  can  not  be  postponed  to  another  time. 

54.  Leaves  of  absence  will  not  be  granted  so  that  a  company  will  be  left  without 
a  commissioned  officer,  or  a  post  without  two  commissioned  officers  and  competent 
medical  attendance;  nor  will  leave  of  absence  be  granted  to  an  officer  during  the 
season  of  active  operations,  except  in  case  of  urgent  necessity. 

55.  Leave  of  absence  exceeding  ten  days,  except  under  extraordinary  circum- 
stances particularly  stated  in  the  application,  will  not  be  granted  to  an  officer  until 
he  has  joined  his  regiment  or  corps  and  served  therein  at  least  two  years. 

56.  An  application  for  leave  must  state  its  desired  duration  and  be  forwarded 
through  military  channels.     Intermediate  commanders  will  indorse  thereon  their 
recommendations. 

57.  The   commanding  officer  will  refer  applications  for  leaves  of  absence  on 
account  of  sickness  to  the  surgeon.     The  surgeon  will  examine  the  applicant,  and 
should  he  find  the  leave  necessary  to  restore  health  he  will  submit  to  the  command- 
ing officer  a  medical  certificate  in  the  prescribed  form,  stating  explicitly  the  nature, 
seat,  and  degree  of  the  disease,  wound,  or  disability,  the  cause  thereof,  if  known, 
and  the  period  during  which  the  officer  has  suffered  from  it.     He  will  also  give  his 
opinion  whether  the  disease,   wound,    or  disability  can  be  satisfactorily  treated 
within  the  department  in  which  the  officer  is  stationed,  or  whether  a  change  of  cli- 
mate or  locality  is  necessary  to  afford  more  rapid  or  perfect  recovery,  in  which  case 
the  special  place  or  region  recommended  will  be  designated,  with  reasons  therefor. 
The  surgeon  will  also  state  whether  in  his  opinion  the  disease,  wound,  or  disability 
requires  treatment  by  a  specialist,  and,  if  so,  the  nearest  place  where  it  can  be 
obtained;  also  whether  the  wound  or  disease  incapacitates  the  officer  from  all  duty, 
or  whether  he  can  perform  special  duty,  and,  if  so,  the  kind  that  he  may  undertake 
without  endangering  his  ultimate  cure. 

5§.  Leaves  of  absence  will  be  granted  in  terms  of  months  and  days,  as  "one 
month,"  "one  month  and  ten  days."  A  leave  of  absence  commences  on  the  day 
following  that  on  which  the  officer  departs  from  his  proper  station.  The  day  of 
departure,  whatever  the  hour,  is  counted  as  a  day  of  duty;  the  day  of  return  as  a 
day  of  absence. 


16  LEAVES    OF    ABSENCE TRAVELING    ON   DUTY. 

Leave  for  one  month,  commencing  on  the  first  day  of  a  calendar  month,  will 
expire  with  the  last  day  of  the  month,  whatever  its  number  of  days.  Commencing 
on  an  intermediate  day,  the  leave  will  expire  the  day  preceding  the  same  day  of  the 
next  month. 

The  expiration  of  his  leave,  whether  granted  on  account  of  sickness  or  not,  must 
find  an  officer  at  his  station,  except  as  indicated  in  paragraphs  60  and  1321. 

59.  A  leave  of  absence  granted  an  officer  in  the  field  or  on  special  duty  will  take 
effect  on  the  termination  of  the  campaign  or  on  the  completion  of  such  duty,  unless 
his  services  can  sooner  be  spared.  In  all  other  cases  an  officer  is  expected  to  avail 
himself  of  a  leave  as  soon  as  proper  facilities  offer,  unless  a  specific  date  is  stated  in 
the  order,  and  if  unable  to  do  so  he  will  report  the  fact  to  the  authority  granting 
the  leave. 

GO.  Leaves  of  absence  which  may  be  granted  to  officers  of  the  Army  serving 
in  Alaska,  or  without  the  limits  of  the  United  States,  for  the  purpose  of  returning 
thereto,  shall  be  regarded  as  taking  effect  on  the  dates  upon  which  such  officers 
reach  the  United  States,  and  as  terminating  on  the  dates  of  their  respective  depar- 
ture from  the  United  States  in  returning  to  their  commands.  The  officers  will  be 
regarded  as  being  on  detached  service  while  en  route  to  and  from  the  United  States, 
but  only  for  the  time  necessary  to  perform  the  journey  in  the  most  direct  way 
customary. 

61.  Officers  will  not  leave  the  United  States  to  go  beyond  the  sea  without  permis- 
sion from  the  War  Department. 

62.  An  officer  of  the  Army  visiting  foreign  countries,  whether  on  duty  or  leave, 
will  avail  himself  of  all  proper  opportunities  to  obtain  military  information,  espe- 
cially such  as  pertains  to  his  branch  of  the  service.     He  will  report  the  results  of  his 
observations  to  The  Military  Secretary  on  his  return  to  duty,  or  sooner  if  practicable. 

63.  The  Department  of  State  issues  special  passports  for  the  use  of  officers  of  the 
Army  traveling  abroad,  either  on  duty  or  leave  of  absence,  but  only  on  the  request 
of  the  War  Department,  and  never  on  the  direct  request  of  the  officers  themselves. 
Applications  of  officers  for  special  passports  will  be  addressed  to  The  Military  Secre- 
tary of  the  Army,  will  set  forth  the  use  to  be  made  of  them,  and  must,  in  all  cases, 
be  accompanied  by  the  fee  of  one  dollar,  which  is  required  by  law  to  be  collected 
for  every  citizen's  passport  issued. 

64.  An  officer  granted  leave  of  absence  for  more  than  ten  days  will,  upon  taking 
advantage  thereof,  report  to  his  post  and  regimental  or  corps  commander  and  to  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  the  date  of  his  departure  and  his  new  address,  and 
thereafter  he  will  immediately  report  any  change  in  his  address  and  the  date  of 
return  to  duty  to  the  same  officers.     Verbal  permits  for  less  than  twenty -four  hours 
are  not  counted  as  leaves  of  absence,  but  every  other  absence,  of  whatever  dura- 
tion, with  date  of  departure  and  return,  will  be  noted  on  the  rolls  and  returns. 

65.  Permission  to  hunt  will  not  be  considered  as  a  leave  of  absence  if  the  officer 
on  his  return  to  the  station  forwards  to  department  headquarters,  through  his  com- 
manding officer,  a  certificate  that  his  time  while  absent  was  employed  solely  in  hunt- 
ing, and  furnishes  a  report  giving  as  complete  a  description  as  possible  of  the  country 
traversed  by  him. 

66.  Permission  to  hunt  may  be  granted  by  division,  department,  or  post  com- 
manders for  periods  not  exceeding  ten  days. 

67.  All  applications  for  extensions  of  leaves  of  absence  or  for  delays,  and  all  cor- 
respondence regarding  them,  will  pass  through  military  channels. 

ARTICLE  X. 

OFFICERS  TRAVELING  ON  DUTY. 

68.  When  an  officer  is  ordered  without  troops  from  one  post  of  duty  to  another, 
he  will  proceed  by  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route,  without  unnecessary  delay. 


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Upon  his  arrival  at  his  new  post,  he  will  immediately  report  to  the  commanding 
officer  the  date  of  his  departure  from  his  former  station,  and  submit  a  copy  of 
his  order,  noting  thereon  the  date  he  received  it.  If  he  shall  appear  to  have  made 
unnecessary  delay  en  route,  he  will  be  required  to  explain  the  cause  thereof  in  writ- 
ing. If  the  post  commander  deem  the  explanation  unsatisfactory,  he  will  forward 
the  same,  with  a  statement  of  the  facts  in  the  case,  to  the  department  commander. 
If  the  officer  be  superior  in  rank  to  the  post  commander,  the  required  report  will  be 
made  by  the  officer  himself  to  the  department  commander. 

09.  Orders  detaching  an  officer  for  a  specific  duty  will  direct  him  to  return  to  his 
proper  station  on  the  completion  of  the  duty  assigned  him  when  it  is  intended  that 
he  shall  do  so. 

TO.  Delays  in  obeying  orders,  in  reporting  for  duty,  or  in  returning  to  duty  from 
leave  can  not  be  authorized  except  by  the  War  Department.  Such  delays  will  be 
regarded  as  leaves  of  absence,  unless  it  be  stated  in  the  order  granting  them  that 
they  are  in  the  interest  of  the  public  service. 

71.  Orders  contemplating  the  payment  of  mileage  must  state  the  specific  duty 
enjoined,  and  that  the  travel  directed  is  necessary  for  the  public  service.     They  will 
not  direct  travel  beyond  trie  limits  of  the  command  of  the  officer  who  issues  them, 
except  that  the  commander  of  the  Philippines  Division  may  order  officers  of  his 
command  to  return  to  the  United  States  in  cases  of  emergency,  in  which  the  travel 
directed  is  manifestly  for  the  public  interest  or  is  necessary  to  save  life.     When  a 
general  officer  is  ordered  on  duty  beyond  the  limits  of  his  command,  he  may  order 
an  officer  of  his  staff  to  accompany  him;  if  ordered  to  change  station,  he  may  order 
the  necessary  change  of  station  of  his  personal  staff. 

72.  Staff  officers  not  serving  under  division  or  department  commanders  will  apply 
to  the  War  Department  for  orders  directing  necessary  travel  on  public  business. 

73.  When  urgent  public  duty  has  compelled  travel,  without  authority  previously 
obtained,  the  case  will  be  immediately  reported  to  the  proper  superior  officer,  whose 
approval  in  subsequent  orders  will  be  accepted  as  though  previously  issued. 

74.  Orders  directing  officers  to  visit  Washington  for  the  settlement  of  their 
accounts  will  be  issued  only  by  the  War  Department. 

75.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  reporting  as.  witnesses  before  a  civil  court  should 
receive  from  the  civil  authorities  the  necessary  expenses  incurred  in  travel  and 
attendance;  neither  mileage  nor  travel  allowances  will  be  paid  in  such  cases  by  the 
War  Department.     If,  however,  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to  furnish  them  transpor- 
tation in  kind  to  enable  them  to  appear,  as  witnesses  for  the  Government,  before  a 
civil  court  of  the  United  States,  an  account  of  such  expenditure,  together  with  the 
evidence  that  they  were  properly  subpoenaed  and  did  attend  the  court,  will  be  for- 
warded to  the  War  Department  for  presentation  to  the  Department  of  Justice.     Offi- 
cers providing  such  transportation  will  notify  the  court,  or  the  marshal  thereof,  that 
it  was  furnished  to  enabb  the  witnesses  to  perform  the  requisite  journeys  in  obedi- 
ence to  the  summons. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

RETIREMENT  OF  OFFICERS. 

76.  When  an  officer  becomes  disabled  for  the  performance  of  duty  by  reason  of 
wounds,  sickness,  or  improper  habits,  his  immediate  commander  will  report  the 
facts  to  the  department  commander  for  the  action  of  the  War  Department.     The 
report  in  each  case  will  contain  specific  statements  and  the  names  of  witnesses  by 
whom  they  can  be  substantiated. 

77.  Habitual  intemperance,  gambling,  or  other  vices  that  tend  to  corrupt  an 
officer  and  lower  the  professional  standard  will  be  regarded  as  proper  subjects  for 
the  consideration  and  report  of  a  retiring  board. 

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18  RESIGNATION    OF   OFFICERS DECEASED   OFFICERS. 

78.  When  ample  testimony  establishes  the  fact  that  an  officer  has  through  vicious 
indulgence  slighted  or  neglected  his  duties  to  such  a  degree  as  to  m^ke  it  unsafe  to 
intrust  him  with  a  command,  or  with  responsibility  that  properly  belongs  to  his 
grade,  and  when  it  is  shown  that  such  habits  have  continued  for  such  length  of  time 
as  to  render  permanent  reformation  improbable,  this  fact,  rather  than  his  condition 
when  he  appears  before  the  board,  shall  weigh  in  its  finding  as  to  his  incapacity 
for  active  duty. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

RESIGNATION  OF  OFFICERS. 

79.  A  resignation  tendered  by  an  officer  will  be  forwarded  by  his  commanding 
officer,  through  prescribed  channels,  to  the  War  Department  for  the  decision  of  the 
President.     Until  duly  accepted,  the  officer  will  not  be  considered  as  out  of  the 
service. 

SO.  A  resignation  tendered  under  charges  will  be  forwarded,  accompanied  by  a 
report  of  the  case,  and,  if  practicable,  by  a  copy  of  the  charges.     All  correspondence  • 
with  the  War  Department,  on  the  part  of  the  officer  who  tenders  the  resignation, 
will  be  conducted  through  prescribed  channels. 

§1.  Leave  of  absence  will  not  be  granted  on  tender  of  resignation  unless  the  resig- 
nation be  unconditional  and  immediate.  When  leave  is  requested,  the  officer's 
address  will  accompany  the  resignation. 

§2.  An  officer  of  the  Army  on  the  active  list  who  accepts  or  exercises  the  func- 
tions of  a  civil  office  contrary  to  law  thereby  ceases  to  be  an  officer  of  the  Army.  An 
officer  on  the  active  list  can  not  lawfully  accept  or  hold  any  office  created  by  Stato 
or  municipal  authority,  whether  in  State  military  organizations  or  otherwise. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

DECEASED  OFFICERS. 

83.  The  death  of  an  officer,  with  place,  cause,  day,  and  hour,  will  be  reported 
without  delay  by  his  immediate  commander  direct  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the 
Army.  A  duplicate  of  this  report  will  be  forwarded  to  department  headquarters. 
When  the  death  occurs  away  from  the  officer's  station,  in  hospital  or  on  leave,  the 
medical  officer,  if  one  be  present,  or  any  officer  having  cognizance  of  the  fact,  will 
make  the  report. 

§4.  Inventories  in  duplicate  of  the  effects  of  deceased  officers,  as  required  by  the 
one  hundred  and  twenty-fifth  Article  of  War,  will  be  transmitted  to  The  Military 
Secretary  of  the  Army.  If  legal  representatives  take  possession  of  the  effects,  the 
fact  will  be  stated  in  the  inventory. 

85.  If  there-  be  no  legal  representatives  present  to  receive  the  effects,  a  list  of 
them  will  be  sent  to  the  nearest  relative  of  the  deceased.     At  the  end  of  two  months, 
if  not  called  for,  they  will  be  sold  at  auction  and  accounted  for  as  in  the  case  of 
deceased  soldiers,  except  that  swords,  watches,  personal  papers,  trinkets,  and  similar 
articles  will  be  labeled  with  the  name,  rank,  regiment,  and  date  of  death  of  the  owner 
and  sent  through  The  Military  Secretary  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  fo,- 
the  benefit  of  those  legally  entitled  to  them. 

86.  On  the  death  of  an  officer  in  charge  of  public  property  or  funds,  his  com' 
manding  officer  will  appoint  a  board  of  officers,  three  when  practicable,  which  will 
inventory  the  same  and  make  the  customary  returns  therefor,  stating  accurately 
amounts  and  condition.     These  the  commanding  officer  will  forward  to  the  chiefs  of 
the  bureaus  to  which  the  property  or  funds  pertain,  and  he  will  designate  an  officer 
to  take  charge  of  such  property  or  funds  until  orders  in  the  case  are  received  from 
the  proper  authority.     Cash  on  hand  may  be  invoiced  by  the  board  to  the  deceased 


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officer's  successor,  but  balances  to  his  credit  with  the  Treasurer,  an  assistant  treas- 
urer, a  designated  depository,  or  a  fiscal  agent  of  the  United  States,  over  and 
above  his  outstanding  checks,  will  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the 
United  States  by  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  when  the  board  has  reported  to  the  bureaus 
the  balances  over  and  above  such  checks.  The  action  herein  prescribed  will  also  be 
taken  in  the  case  of  an  officer  in  charge  of  public  funds  or  property  who  becomes 
insane. 

87.  The  remains  of  officers  who  die  while  on  duty  will  be  inclosed  in  coffins  and, 
if  the  death  occurred  while  on  duty  within  the  continental  limits  of  the  United  States, 
will  be  transported  to  the  nearest  post  or  national  cemetery  for  burial.  The  cost  of 
such  transportation  is  payable  from  the  appropriation  for  Army  transportation.  The 
remains  of  officers  who  are  killed  in  action,  or  who  die  at  military  camps  or  in  the 
field  or  hospital  in  Alaska  or  at  places  outside  the  continental  limits  of  the  United 
States,  or  while  on  voyage  at  sea,  will,  if  desired  by  relatives  or  friends,  be  transported 
to  their  homes  for  interment.  The  cost  of  transportation  in  these  cases  is  payable 
from  funds  specially  appropriated  for  that  purpose.  Other  expenses  of  burial  are 
limited  to  $75,  and  will  be  restricted  to  the  cost  of  the  casket,  hire  of  hearse,  and  the 
reasonable  and  necessary  expenses  of  preparing  the  remains  for  burial.  If  buried  at 
the  place  of  death  the  fact  will  be  reported  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

VETERINARIANS,  CAVALRY  AND  ARTILLERY  CORPS. 

§8.  Veterinarians  are  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  subject  to  competitive 
examinations  as  to  eligibility,  capacity,  and  fitness.  The  scope  and  conditions  of 
such  examinations  will  be  announced  in  orders  from  time  to  time  by  the  War 
Department. 

89.  A  veterinarian  has  the  pay  of  a  second  lieutenant,  mounted,  and  is  entitled 
to  the  same  allowances  in  kind,  of  quarters,  fuel  and  lights. 

90.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  veterinarian  to   visit  at  least  daily  all  sick  or 
injured  animals  at  his  station,  and  to 'recommend  such  treatment  as  he  may  deem 
proper.     He  will  have  access  to  the  stables  at  all  times.     Upon  request  he  will  attend 
such  authorized  private  horses  of  mounted  officers  as  may  need  his  services. 

91.  The   veterinarian  will  instruct  company  farriers  in  the  proper  care  of  the 
horse.     In  this  he  will  give  especial  importance  to  the  anatomy  and  pathology  of 
the  foot,  showing  the  nature  and  uses  of  all  its  parts,  illustrating  the  subject  by  dis- 
sections and  specimens.     He  will  also  teach  the  principles  and  practice  of  horseshoe- 
ing.    For  the  purpose  indicated  he  will  make  such  visits  of  instruction  to  companies 
of  the  regiment  or  organization,  not  at  his  station,  as  may  be  deemed  necessary  by 
the  regimental  or  proper  artillery  commander. 

92.  Wherever  four  or  more  troops  of  cavalry  or  batteries  of  field  artillery  are 
stationed,  a  suitable  building  may  be  set  apart  as  a  veterinary  hospital. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

THE  POST  NONCOMMISSIONED  STAFF. 

93.  The  post  noncommissioned  staff  consists  of  master  electricians,   Artillery 
Corps,  ordnance,  post  commissary,  post  quartermaster,  and  electrician  sergeants. 
They  are  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  after  due  examinanation,  as  follows: 
Master  electricians  Artillery    Corps  from    the  Army  or  from  civil  life;  ordnance 
sergeants  from  sergeants  of  the  line  who  have  served  at  least  eight  years  in  the  Army, 
including  four  years  as  noncommissioned  officers,  and  who  are  less  than  45  years  of 
age;  post  commissary-sergeants  from  sergeants  of  the  line  who   have  served  five 


20  POST    NONCOMMISSIONED   STAFF. 

years  in  the  Army,  including  three  years  as  noncommissioned  officers;  post  quarter- 
master-sergeants from  sergeants  of  the  line  who  have  served  four  years  in  the  Army; 
electrician  sergeants  from  the  Army  or  from  civil  life. 

94.  An  application  for  appointment  must  be  in  the   handwriting   of  the  appli- 
cant, and  will  briefly  state  the  length  and  nature  of  his  military  service,  and  for 
what  time  and  in  what  organizations  he  has  served  as  a  noncommissioned  officer. 
The  company  commander  will  indorse  thereon  the  character  of  the  applicant  and 
his  opinion  as  to  his  intelligence  and  fitness  for  the  position.     The  application  so 
indorsed  will  be  submitted  to  the  regimental  or  artillery  district  commander,  who 
will  forward  the  same,  with  his  remarks  as  to  the  merits  of  the  applicant,  to  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 

95.  While  the  law  contemplates  in  these  appointments  the  better  preservation 
of  public  property  at  the  several  posts,  there  is  also  a  further  consideration — that  of 
offering  a  reward  to  faithful  and  well-tried  sergeants,  thus  giving  encouragement  to 
deserving  soldiers  to  hope  for  substantial  promotion.     Commanding  officers  can  not 
be  too  particular  in  investigating  and  reporting  upon  the  character  and  qualifications 
of  applicants. 

96.  Regulations  for  the  examination  of  applicants  for  appointment  as  post  non- 
commissioned staff  officers  will  be  published  from  time  to  time  in  orders  by  the  War 
Department. 

97.  A  post  noncommissioned  staff  officer  will  assist  the  officer  of  his  department, 
and  will  not  be  detailed  upon  any  service  not  pertaining  to  his  proper  position, 
unless  the  necessities  of  the  service  require  such  detail,  in  which  case  the  post  com- 
mander will  note  the  fact,  with  reasons  therefor,  on  the  sergeant's  personal  report. 

9§.  A  noncommissioned  staff  officer  at  an  ungarrisoned  post  or  station  will  be 
responsible  for  the  property  of  his  own  department,  and  for  such  other  property  as 
may  be  intrusted  to  him  for  safe-keeping.  For  all  public  property  committed  to  his 
charge  he  will  account  to  the  heads  of  the  staff  departments  concerned,  and  if  the 
means  at  his  disposal  are  insufficient  for  its  preservation  he  will  report  the  facts. 

99.  The  military  control  of  post  noncommissioned  staff  officers  serving  at  posts 
not  occupied  by  troops  is  vested  in  the  commander  of  the  territorial  department  in 
which  they  are  serving.     All  matters  relating  to  them  as  soldiers  subject  to  military 
command,  as  distinguished  from  the  administrative  duties  imposed  upon  them  by 
regulations  and  orders,  will,  except  in  cases  of  reenlistment,  be  determined  at  depart- 
ment headquarters,  where  their  descriptive  lists  and  accounts  of  pay  and  clothing 
will  be  kept.     When  they  are  discharged  a  copy  of  the  descriptive  list,  upon  which 
will  be  noted  the  fact  of  discharge,  with  the  date,  place,  and  cause,  and  the  character 
given  on  the  discharge  certificate,  will  be  forwarded  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the 
Army. 

100.  Each  post  noncommissioned  staff  officer  will  make  such  personal  reports  as 
may  be  required  by  the  head  of  the  corps  or  department  to  which  he  belongs.     The 
officer  under  whose  orders  these  noncommissioned  officers  are  serving  will  indorse 
on  each  separate  report  his  opinion  of  the  manner  in  which  the  noncommissioned 
officer  has  performed  his  duties,  and  the  commanding  officer  will  forward  the  report 
direct  to  the  chief  of  the  proper  bureau  or  corps. 

101.  A  post  noncommissioned  staff  officer  may  be  reenlisted,  provided  he  shall 
have  conducted  himself  properly  and  performed  his  duties  in  a  satisfactory  manner. 
If,  however,  his  commanding  officer  should  not  deem  the  reenlistment  to  be  for  the 
best  interest  of  the  service  he  will  communicate  his  reasons  to  The  Military  Secretary 
of  the  Army  in  time  to  receive  the  decision  of  the  War  Department  before  the  soldier's 
discharge.     If  serving  at  an  ungarrisoned  post  application  for  reenlistment  will  be 
made  by  the  soldier  to  The  Military  Secretary  through  department  headquarters. 
The  reenlistment  paper  will  immediately  be  forwarded  direct  to  The  Military  Secre- 
tary, except  in  the  case  of  soldiers  stationed  at  ungarrisoned  posts,  in  which  case  it 


DETACHED   SOLDIERS FURLOUGHS.  21 

will  be  forwarded  through  department  headquarters.  A  post  noncommissioned  staff 
officer  will  be  furnished  with  a  warrant  signed  by  the  chief  of  the  proper  bureau  or 
corps.  The  warrant  will  remain  in  force  so  long  as  the  soldier  is  continuously  in  the 
service,  i.  e.,  if  he  reenlists  the  day  following  that  of  his  discharge.  Every  such 
reenlistment  will  be  noted  on  the  back  of  the  warrant  by  the  officer  who  reenlists  the 
soldier,  as  follows:  Reenlisted  (date);  warrant  continued. 

102.  Post  noncommissioned  staff  officers,  though  liable  to  discharge  for  ineffi- 
ciency or  misconduct,  will  not  be  reduced. 

ARTICLE   XVI. 

DETACHED  SOLDIERS:  DESCRIPTIVE  LISTS. 

103.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  detached  from  his  company,  a  descriptive  list  will 
be  prepared  and  forwarded  to  his  new  commanding  officer.      On  the  descriptive  list 
will  be  shown  the  pay  due  the  soldier,  the  condition  of  his  clothing  allowance,  and 
all  information  necessary  to  the  settlement  of  his  accounts  with  the  Government. 
When  it  can  be  avoided,  the  descriptive  list  will  not  be  intrusted  to  the  soldier,  but 
to  an  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer  under  whose  charge  he  may  be,  or  it  may  be 
forwarded  by  mail.     The  date  of  the  last  vaccination  of  the  soldier  and  its  result 
will  be  noted  on  the  descriptive  list.     Articles  of  ordnance  equipment  in  possession 
of  a  detached  soldier  will  be  transferred  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  1564. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 

FURLOUGHS  TO  SOLDIERS. 

104.  Furloughs  in  the  prescribed  form  for  periods  of  one  month  may  be  granted 
to  enlisted  men  by  commanding  officers  of  posts,  or  by  regimental  commanders,  if 
the  companies  to  which  they  belong  are  under  their  control.  ^A  furlough  will  not  be 
granted  to  a  soldier  about  to  be  discharged;  nor  shall  the  number  of  enlisted  men 
furloughed  from  any  command  exceed,  at  any  time,  five  per  cent  of  the  enlisted 
strength  present  therewith. 

105.  The  commander  of  a  tactical  division  or  separate  brigade  may  grant  fur- 
loughs to  enlisted  men  for  two  months,  the  commander  of  a  corps,  territorial 
division  or  department  for  three  months,  or  they  may  extend  to  such  periods  fur- 
loughs already  granted.     For  a  longer  period  than  three  months  the  authority  of 
the  War  Department  is  necessary.     Permission  to  delay  may  be  granted  to  enlisted 
men  traveling  under  orders  as  authorized  for  furloughs.      The  conditions  under 
which  furloughs  to  soldiers  on  reenlistment  are  authorized  will  be  announced  from 
time  to  timo  in  orders. 

106.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  corps,  or  of  a  separate  command  in  the  field, 
may  suspend  the  granting  of  furloughs  in  any  or  all  organizations  within  his  com- 
mand whenever,  in  his  opinion,  circumstances  render  it  necessary,  or  advisable, 
or  for  the  best  interests  of  the  service. 

1OT.  The  approval  of  the  War  Department  must  be  obtained  to  allow  an  enlisted 
man  on  furlough  to  leave  the  United  States  to  go  beyond  the  sea.  The  limits  pre- 
scribed will  be  stated  in  the  furlough,  and  if  exceeded,  it  may  be  revoked  and  the 
soldier  arrested.  A  company  commander  in  forwarding  an  application  for  furlough 
will  state  previous  absences  on  furlough  that  are  of  record  in  the  company.  The 
authority  under  which  a  furlough  is  granted  (whether  under  Army  Regulations  or 
in  pursuance  of  the  orders  of  a  superior)  will  be  cited  on  the  face  of  the  furlough  by 
the  officer  granting  it. 

1O8.  On  the  application  of  a  soldier  on  furlough,  made  at  a  military  station  and 
showing  clearly  the  urgency  of  his  case,  the  department  commander  may  order 
transportation  and  subsistence  to  be  furnished  to  enable  him  to  rejoin  his  proper 


22  FUELOUGHS — TRANSFER   OF   ENLISTED   MEN. 

station,  and  the  company  commander  will  charge  the  cost  thereof  against  the  sol- 
dier's pay  on  the  next  muster  and  pay  rolls,  in  accordance  with  paragraphs  1117  and 
1262.  The  date  of  the  application  will  be  entered  on  the  furlough. 

1O9.  Furloughs  granted  to  enlisted  men  serving  in  Porto  Rico,  Hawaii,  Guam, 
the  Philippine  Islands,  Alaska,  or  at  any  station  beyond  the  continental  limits  of  the 
United  States,  for  the  purpose  of  returning  thereto,  will  take  effect  on  the  dates  they 
reach  the  United  States,  which  will  be  indorsed  on  the  furloughs  by  the  trans- 
port quartermaster  if  travel  is  by  United  States  transport;  otherwise  the  certifi- 
cate of  the  captain,  purser,  or  other  proper  officer  of  commercial  steamer  upon 
which  journey  is  made,  as  to  date  of  arrival  in  home  port  will  be  indorsed  thereon. 
The  furloughs  will  direct  the  soldier  to  report  for  duty  at  the  close  of  the  last  day 
thereof  at  the  military  post  nearest  the  particular  home  port  from  which  transports 
or  commercial  steamers  usually  sail  for  the  islands  or  stations  above  referred  to,  and 
the  commanding  officers  of  these  posts  will  assign  such  enlisted  men  to  organizations 
under  their  command  for  the  purpose  of  subsistence  during  the  time  they  are 
detained  at  their  posts,  and  they  will  be  returned  to  their  proper  stations  by  the 
first  available  transport,  or  commercial  steamer  if  there  are  no  United  States  trans- 
ports sailing  to  destination.  Commanding  officers  will  cause  notation  to  be  made  on 
the  furloughs  showing  the  dates  when  the  men  report  at  their  posts  and  at  the 
proper  time  will  issue  the  necessary  orders  directing  them  to  rejoin  their  stations, 
reciting  therein  the  date  of  their  arrival  in  the  United  States,  date  of  reporting  at 
post,  and  whether  or  not  commutation  of  rations  has  been  paid.  A  copy  of  the 
order  will  be  furnished  to  the  soldier  and  to  the  commanding  officer  concerned. 
The  quartermaster  and  commissary  of  the  transport,  or  proper  officer  of  commercial 
steamer  on  wrhich  these  enlisted  men  return,  will  indorse  on  such  orders  the  dates 
during  which  they  were  subsisted  aboard  the  transport  or  commercial  steamer. 
The  order  will  be  retained  by  the  enlisted  man,  who  will  deliver  it  to  his  com- 
manding officer  as  evidence  of  his  authority  to  be  absent  from  his  post  during  the 
time  required  for  travel  in  rejoining  the  same. 

1.1O.  When  the  station  of  an  enlisted  man  is  changed  while  he  is  on  furlough,  he 
will,  on  joining  his  new  station,  be  entitled  to  travel  allowances  for  the  excess  of 
distance  from  the  place  of  receipt  of  the  order  to  the  new  station  over  the  distance 
to  his  old  station.  A  soldier  who  has  returned  to  the  station  from  which  furloughed, 
his  company  having  changed  station  during  his  absence,  is  entitled  to  transportation 
at  the  expense  of  the  Government  from  the  old  to  the  new  station  of  his  company. 
Charges  for  transportation  furnished  to  enlisted  men  on  furlough,  in  pursuance  of 
paragraph  108,  will  be  adjusted  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  this  regulation. 

111.  Soldiers  on  furlough  will  not  take  with  them  their  arms  or  accouterments, 
and  no  payments  will  be  made  to  them  without  authority  from  the  War  Department. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 

TRANSFER  OF  ENLISTED  MEN. 

112.  Transfers  of  enlisted  men  will  be  made  for  cogent  reasons  only.     They  will 
be  effected  as  follows: 

1.  In  the  same  regiment,  detached  battalion,  or  artillery  district,  not  involving 
change  of  station,  by  its  commander;  in  cases  involving  change,  by  its  commander 
with  the  approval  of  the  authority  competent  to  direct  the  necessary  travel. 

2.  From  one  organization  of  the  line  of  the  Army  to  another  serving  in  the  same 
tactical  or  territorial  division,  by  the  division  commander. 

3.  From  the  line  of  the  Army  to  the  Hospital  Corps,  as  prescribed  in  the  article 
relating  .to  the  Medical  Department. 

4.  In  all  other  cases  by  the  War  Department. 


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113.  A  transfer  will  take  effect  on  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  at  the  post 
where  the  soldier  is  serving,  and  a  descriptive  list  and  account  of  pay  and  clothing 
showing  that  date  will  be  forwarded  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  company  or 
detachment  to  which  the  soldier  is  transferred.     The  actual  date  of  transfer  will  be 
stated  on  the  roll  upon  which  the  soldier  is  first  paid  after  transfer. 

ARTICLE  XIX. 

DESERTERS. 

114.  When  a  soldier  deserts,   his  immediate  commanding  officer  will  at  once 
ascertain  if  any  public  property  has  been  lost  in  consequence  thereof,  and,  if  so,  will 
proceed  as  in  the  case  of  property  lost  or  destroyed,  and  the  value  of  the  articles  lost 
will  be  charged  against  the  deserter  on  the  next  muster  rolls  of  his  company. 

The  charges  will  also  be  made  on  the  pay  roll.  A  copy  of  the  approved  report  of 
the  surveying  officer  will  accompany  the  return  to  which  the  property  pertains. 

115.  The  company  or  detachment  commander  will  turn  over  the  clothing  aban- 
doned by  a  deserter  to  the  quartermaster,  with  a  certificate  showing  its  condition  and 
the  name  of  the  deserter  to  whom  it  belonged.     In  no  case  will  the  money  or  proceeds 
of  the  sale  of  effects  of  a  deserter  be  turned  over  to  his  relatives,  nor  any  payment  made 
therefrom  by  an  officer  on  any  account  whatsoever.     All  other  personal  effects  of  a 
deserter  will  be  disposed  of  as  in  the  case  of  unclaimed  effects  of  deceased  soldiers  —  i.  e., 
they  will  be  sold  by  a  council  of  administration  and  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  deposited 
with  a  paymaster.     Money  received  from  a  paymaster  for  a  soldier  who  deserts  after 
signing  the  pay  rolls,  will  be  turned  over  at  once  to  a  paymaster  as  undrawn  for- 
feited pay. 

The  paymaster's  receipt  for  the  money  deposited  as  above  should  clearly  specify 
the  nature  of  the  deposit  —  i.  e.,  whether  for  the  proceeds  of  sale  of  effects,  or  whether 
for  the  undrawn  pay  of  a  soldier  who  has  deserted  —  and  the  officer  responsible  should 
furnish  the  paymaster  with  the  necessary  information.  Money  or  other  valuables 
found  upon  ari  apprehended  deserter  are  his  personal  property  and  will  not  be  turned 
over  to  a  paymaster. 

116.  Whenever  a  desertion  occurs  at  a  post,  the  commanding  officer  will  cause  a 
number  of  descriptive  lists,  of  the  deserter  to  be  prepared  on  the  special  form  pre- 
scribed, copies  of  which  will  be  sent  at  once  to  such  marshals,  sheriffs,  and  police 
officers  as  the  commanding  officer  may  deem  proper;  also  to  the  officer  in  charge  of 
any  recruiting  station  at  or  near  the  deserter's  place  of  enlistment,  who  will  dis- 
tribute them  to  the  best  advantage  among  civil  officers  in  that  vicinity  authorized  by 
existing  law  to  summarily  arrest  deserters  from  the  Army. 

1  1  7.  A  post  commander  will  promptly  notify  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army, 
direct,  of  every  desertion  from  his  command,  giving  the  full  name,  company,  and 
regiment  of  the  deserter,  with  dates  of  enlistment  and  desertion. 

118.  When  a  soldier  deserts  from  or  when  a  deserter  is  received  at  a  post  other 
than  the  station  of  his  company  or  detachment,  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post 
will  report  the  fact  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  company  or  detachment,  with 
date  and  place  of  desertion,  apprehension,  or  surrender,  and  such  additional  data  as 
he  may  possess  requisite  to  the  preparation  of  charges.     If,  however,  a  deserter  whose 
company  or  detachment  is  stationed  in  Alaska  or  beyond  the  continental  limits  of  the 
United  States  is  received  at  a  station  within  the  United  States,  a  similar  report  will 
also  be  made  to  the  War  Department. 

119.  A  reward  of  fifty  dollars  will  be  paid  to  any  civil  officer  having  authority  to 
arrest  offenders,  for  the  apprehension  and  delivery  to  the  proper  military  authorities  at 
a  military  station,  or  at  some  convenient  point  agreed  upon,  of  any  deserter  from  the 
military  service,  except  such  as  can  claim  exemption  from  trial  under  the  statute  of 
limitations.     The  reward  will  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  and  will 


24  DESERTERS REWARDS. 

be  in  full  satisfaction  of  all  expenses  for  arresting,  keeping,  and  delivering  the 
deserter.  The  quartermaster  making  the  payment  will  report  the  fact  to  the  com- 
mander of  the  company  or  detachment  to  which  the  deserter  belongs. 

120.  When  enlisted  men  are  sent  in  pursuit  of  a  deserter,  the  expenses  necessarily 
incurred  will  be  paid  whether  he  be  apprehended  or  not,  and  will  be  reported  as  in 
payment  of  rewards.     Should  a  written  order  be  issued  for  this  duty  and  a  transpor- 
tation request  be  furnished  the  party  in  pursuit,  the  name,  rank,  company,  and 
regiment  of  the  deserter  will  be  stated  in  the  order  and  also  noted  on  the  request. 

121.  Deserters  received  at  recruiting  stations,  if  physically  fit  for  service,  will.be 
sent  at  once  to  such  military  posts  as  the  commander  of  the  department  may  desig- 
nate; provided,  however,  that  recruit  deserters  and  deserters  physically  disqualified 
for  service  will  be  held  at  the  recruiting  stations,  and  direct  telegraphic  report  made 
to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  with  request  for  instructions.     The  necessary 
transportation  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

122.  When  a  report  is  received  of  the  apprehension  or  surrender  of  a  deserter  at 
a  post  other  than  the  station  of  his  company,  his  company  commander  will  immedi- 
ately forward  his  descriptive  list  and  account  of  pay  and  clothing,  accompanied  by  a 
complete  set  of  charges  against  the  deserter,^  to  the  officer  making  the  report.     The 
papers  enumerated  will  be  furnished  by  the  War  Department  in  cases  reported  to  it 
under  paragraph  118. 

123.  When  a  deserter  surrenders  or  is  delivered  at  a  military  post  the  post  com- 
mander will  cause  immediate  inquiry  to  be  made  in  regard  to  dates  of  enlistment 
and  desertion,  and  if  these  indicate  that  trial  is  barred  by  law,  and  the  deserter 
claims  to  have  been  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States  during  two  years  of  his 
absence  in  desertion  and  there  is  no  attainable  evidence  in  disproof  thereof,  will 
require  him  to  file  an  affidavit  asserting  his  claim,  will  immediately  set  him  at  liberty 
with  instructions  to  apply  by  letter  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  for  a 
"deserter's  release,"  and  will  then  report  his  action  direct  to  The  Military  Secretary, 
transmitting  with  the  report  the  affidavit  above  mentioned. 

124.  The  commanding  officer  will  cause  an  enlisted  man  apprehended  or  sur- 
rendering as  a  deserter,  and  whose  trial  for  desertion  is  not  barred  by  the  statute  of 
limitations,  to  be  examined  by  a  medical  officer  at  the  post  where  he  is  received, 
and  a  report  of  this  examination  will  be  forwarded  to  department  headquarters,  with 
the  charges  for  desertion.     If,  on  account  of  disease,  age,  or  other  permanent  dis- 
ability, the  man  is  found  unfit  for  service,  the  report,  with  the  department  com- 
mander's recommendation  thereon,  will  be  forwarded  to  The  Military  Secretary  of 
the  Army.     If  the  examination  shows  that  the  man  is  fit  for  service,  the  department 
commander  will  bring  him  to  trial,  or  otherwise  dispose  of  the  case,  as  the  interests 
of  the  Government  may  dictate. 

125.  Rewards  or  expenses  paid  for  apprehending  a  deserter,  and  the  expenses 
incurred  in  transporting  him  from  point  of  apprehension,  delivery,  or  surrender  to 
the  station  of  his  company  or  detachment,  or  to  the  place  of  his  trial,  including  the 
cost  of  transportation  of  the  guard,  will  be  set  against  his  pay  upon  conviction  of 
desertion  by  a  court-martial,  or  upon  his  restoration  to  duty  without  trial.     A  soldier 
convicted  by  a  court-martial  of  absence  without  leave  will  be  charged  with  the 
expense  incurred  in  transporting  him  to  his  proper  station.     The  transportation  and 
subsistence  of  witnesses  will  not  be  charged  against  a  deserter. 

126.  If  a  soldier  be  brought  to  trial  under  a  charge  of  desertion  and  acquitted,  or 
convicted  of  absence  without  leave  only,  or  if  the  sentence  be  disapproved  by  proper 
authority,  any  amount  paid  as  a  re\vard  for  his  arrest  will  not  be  stopped  against 
his  pay  unless,  in  case  of  conviction  of  absence  without  leave,  the  sentence  of  the 
court  shall  so  direct.     The  sentence  in  such  case  should  direct  the  charge  to  take  the 
form  of  a  stoppage,  not  a  forfeiture,  thus  allowing  the  amounts  to  be  credited  as  a 
reimbursement. 


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127.  A  reward  of  fifty  dollars  will  be  paid  to  any  civil  officer  or  citizen  for  the  cap- 
ture and  delivery  at  any  military  post  or  station,  or  at  some  convenient  point  agreed 
upon,  of  an  escaped  general  prisoner.  The  reward  will  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department,  and  will  be  in  full  satisfaction  of  all  expenses  for  arresting,  keeping, 
and  delivering  the  escaped  general  prisoner. 

The  payment  will  be  reported  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  station 
from  which  the  prisoner  escaped,  and  this  officer  will  inform  The  Military  Secretary 
of  the  Army  of  the  date  of  escape  and  the  date  and  place  of  capture. 

12§.  Deserters  will  be  brought  to  trial  with  the  least  practicable  delay.  While 
awaiting  trial  they  will  receive  no  pay,  nor  will  they  be  permitted  to  sign  pay  rolls, 
and  will  be  required  to  wear  the  clothes  worn  at  the  time  of  arrest,  unless  it  should 
be  imperative  to  issue  other  clothing,  when,  as  far  as  practicable,  only  deserters'  or 
other  unserviceable  clothing  will  be  issued. 

129.  A  deserter  will  make  good  the  time  lost  by  desertion,  unless  discharged  by 
competent  authority.     He  will  be  considered  again  in  service  from  the  date  of  his 
apprehension  or  surrender;  but  if  a  deserter  enlists  while  in  desertion,  his  services 
under  such  unlawful  enlistment  will  not  be  counted  as  making  good  any  of  the  time 
lost  by  desertion. 

130.  A  deserter  will  not  be  restored  to  duty  without  trial  except  by  authority 
competent  to  order  his  trial;  such  restoration,  being  ordered  only  in  case  the  deser- 
tion is  admitted,  does  not  remove  the  charge  of  desertion  or  relieve  the  soldier  from 
any  of  the  forfeitures  attached  to  that  offense;  he  must  make  good  the  time  lost  by 
desertion,  refund  the  reward  and  expenses  paid  for  apprehension  and  delivery,  and 
forfeit  pay  while  absent.    The  same  authority  is  competent  to  set  aside  a  charge  of 
desertion  as  having  been  erroneously  made,  and  his  order  to  this  effect  operates  to 
remove  the  charge  of  desertion  and  all  stoppages  and  forfeitures  arising  therefrom. 

131.  An  enlisted  man  who  absents  himself  from  his  post  or  company  without 
authority  will  forfeit  all  pay  and  allowances  accruing  during  such  absence,  and  upon 
conviction  by  court-martial  make  good  the  time  lost.     No  man  will  be  reported  a 
deserter  until  after  the  expiration  of  ten  days  (should  he  remain  away  that  length 
of  time),  unless  the  company  commander  has  conclusive  evidence  of  the  absentee's 
intention  not  to  return;  but  commanding  officers  will  take  steps  to  apprehend  sol- 
diers absent  without  leave  as  soon  as  that  fact  is  reported.     Should  the  soldier  not 
return,  or  not  be  apprehended,  within  the  time  named,  his  desertion  will  date  from 
the  commencement  of  the  unauthorized  absence.     An  absence  without  leave  of  less 
than  one  day  will  not  be  noted  upon  the  muster  rolls. 

132.  Soldiers  not  charged  with  crime,  discovered  to  be  deserters  from  the  Navy 
or  Marine  Corps,  will  be  dropped  from  the  rolls  of  the  Army.     In  such  cases,  reports 
with  descriptive  lists  will  be  forwarded  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  by 
the  proper  commanding  officer,  who  will  hold  the  men  in  confinement  without  pay, 
awaiting  instructions  regarding  their  disposition.     Deserters  from  the  Navy  will  not 
be  received  at  military  posts. 

ARTICLE  XX. 

RETIREMENT  OF  ENLISTED  MEN. 

133.  When  an  enlisted  man  shall  have  served  as  such  for  thirty  years,  either  in 
the  Army  or  the  Marine  Corps  and  the  Army,  he  may  apply  to  The  Military  Secretary 
of  the  Army  for  retirement.     Upon  the  approval  of  the  application  an  order  will  be 
issued  from  the  War  Department  transferring  him  to  the  retired  list  and  directing 
that  transportation  in  kind  to  his  home  and  commutation  of  subsistence  during 
necessary  travel  be  given  him. 

Service  as  a  commissioned  officer  of  the  United  States  Volunteers  organized  in 
1898  and  1899  or  of  the  Porto  Rico  Provisional  Regiment,  or  if  such  service  commenced 


26  RETIREMENT   OF   ENLISTED   1£EN DISCHARGES. 

on  or  before  March  2,  1903,  of  the  Philippine  Scouts,  will  count  for  the  purpose  of 
retirement  as  an  enlisted  man  as  though  rendered  as  such,  and  length  of  war  service 
with  the  Army  in  the  field,  or  with  the  Navy  or  Marine  Corps  in  active  service  (either 
as  volunteer  or  regular)  during  the  war  of  the  rebellion  and  actual  service  in  China, 
Cuba,  the  Philippines,  the  Island  of  Guam,  Alaska,  or  Panama,  or  prior  to  April  23, 
1904,  in  Porto  Rico,  will  be  doubled  in  computing  the  thirty  years'  service  necessary 
to  entitle  an  enlisted  man  to  be  retired. 

134.  Upon  receipt  of  the  order  for  retirement,  the  soldier's  immediate  command- 
ing officer  will  furnish  him  with  final  statements,  closing  his  accounts  of  pay,  depos- 
its, and  all  allowances  other  than  those  of  travel,  as  of  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the 
order;  he  will  forward  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  a  descriptive  list  (in 
duplicate),  noting  thereon  the  fact  that  final  statements  have  been  given,  the  reen- 
listment  or  the  continuous-service  pay  per  month  for  which  the  soldier  was  last 
mustered,  and  his  post-office  address  for  the  next  thirty  days.     The  descriptive  list 
will  bear  the  soldier's  signature,  or,  if  he  can  not  write,  a  statement  to  that  effect. 
The  final  statements  and  descriptive  lists  must  state  the  date  to  which  subsistence  has 
been  furnished,  also  whether  subsistence  while  traveling  home  has  been  furnished, 
and,  if  so,  for  what  dates.     A  discharge  certificate  will  not  be  given,  but  the  soldier 
will  be  dropped  from  the  rolls  of  his  command  with  appropriate  explanatory  remarks. 
The  Pay  Department  will  be  notified  and  furnished  with  the  soldier's  signature,  as 
in  case  of  discharge. 

135.  On  the  last  day  of  every  calendar  month  each  retired  enlisted  man  will 
report  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  his  post-office  address.     Blank  forms 
for  personal  reports,  with  official  penalty  envelopes,  will  be  furnished  retired  enlisted 
men  upon  application  to  The  Military  Secretary.     Blank  pay  accounts  will  be  fur- 
nished by  the  paymaster  who  pays  them. 

136.  The  authorized  pay  and  allowances  of  retired  enlisted  men  will  be  paid  them 
monthly  by  the  Pay  Department.     Their  pay  will  be  three-fourths  of  the  monthly 
pay  allowed  them  by  law  in  the  grade  held  when  retired,  including  reenlisted  and 
continuous-service  pay  then   received.     No  deduction  will  be  made  except  the 
monthly  tax  of  twelve  and  a  half  cents  for  support  of  the  Soldier's  Home.     They 
are  not  entitled  to  commutation  for  fuel  or  quarters,  but  will  receive  commutation 
for  subsistence  and  clothing  at  the  rate  of  nine  dollars  and  fifty  cents  per  month. 

137.  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  will  furnish  a  descriptive  list  to  each 
enlisted  man  on  the  retired  list,  who  will  forward  the  same  at  the  end  of  each  calen- 
dar month,  with  pay  accounts  signed  in  duplicate,  to  such  paymaster  as  the  chief 
paymaster  of  the  department  in  which  the  soldier  resides  may  designate.     The  pay- 
master will  note  the  fact  of  payment  on  the  descriptive  list.     If  the  soldier  can  not 
write,  his  mark  should  be  witnessed  by  a  commissioned  officer,  if  practicable;  other- 
wise by  some  well-known  person,  preferably  the  postmaster  of  his  place  of  residence. 

ARTICLE  XXI. 

DISCHARGES.     CERTIFICATES  OF  DISABILITY. 
DISCHARGES  AND  FINAL  STATEMENTS. 

13§.  An  enlisted  man  will  not  be  discharged  before  the  expiration  of  his  term 
except: 

1.  By  order  of  the  President  or  Secretary  of  War. 

2.  By  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial  or  military  commission. 

3.  On  certificate  of  disability,  or  under  rules  governing  discharge  by  purchase, 
by  direction  of  the  commander  of  a  territorial  department  or  army  in  the  field. 

4.  In  compliance  with  an  order  of  one  of  the  United  States  courts,  or  a  justice  or 
a  judge  thereof,  on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus. 


DISCHARGES.  27 

139.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged  his  company  commander  will  furnish 
him  with  final  statements,  in  duplicate,  or  a  full  statement  in  writing  of  the  reasons 
why  such  final  statements  are  not  furnished.     Final  statements  will  not  be  furnished 
a  soldier  who  has  forfeited  all  pay  and  allowances  and  has  no  deposits  due  him. 
When  the  discharge  is  made  on  certificate  of  disability  the  ascertained  disability, 
as  recited  in  the  certificate,  must  be  given  in  the  final  statements  as  the  reason  or 
cause  for  discharge. 

140.  Whenever  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged  from  the  Army  prior  to  the  expira- 
tion of  his  term  of  service  the  actual  cause  of  discharge  will  be  stated  in  the  order 
directing  the  same  and  noted  on  the  final  statements.     Officers  signing  final  state- 
ments will  be  careful  to  see  that  these  notations  are  made  in  all  cases,  as  the  cause  of 
discharge  determines  the  soldier's  right  to  travel  allowances,  and  the  mere  quotation 
of  the  number  and  date  of  the  order  upon  which  discharge  is  based  is  insufficient  as 
a  guide  to  proper  payment. 

141.  AVhen  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged  by  expiration  of  service  his  discharge 
will  take  effect  on  the  last  day  thereof;  i.  e.,  if  enlisted  on  the  second  day  of  the 
month  his  term  will  expire  on  the  first  day  of  the  same  month  in  the  last  year  of  his 
term  of  enlistment. 

142.  Rules  governing  discharge  by  purchase  and  by  favor  will  be  published  from 
time  to  time  by  the  War  Department. 

143.  An  enlisted  man,  a  resident  of  the  United  States,  who  is  discharged  while 
serving  in  Alaska  or  outside  of  the  continental  limits  of  the  United  States,  though 
under  circumstances  not  entitling  him  to  travel  allowances,  will,  if  practicable,  be 
brought  to  the  United  States  on  a  U.  S.  transport  at  the  expense  of  the  Government. 
Transportation  will  be  furnished  at  the  convenience  of  the  Government  and,  in  the 
case  of  men  discharged  by  way  of  punishment  for  offenses  or  because  of  confinement 
by  civil  authorities,  the  privilege  will  be  forfeited  unless  it  is  made  use  of  at  the  first 
opportunity. 

144.  Transcripts  from  records  of  civil  courts  need  not  accompany  applications  for 
discharge  of  enlisted  men  sentenced  to  imprisonment  by  such  courts.     The  official 
statement  of  the  company  commander  to  that  effect  is  sufficient. 

145.  A  soldier,  on  his  discharge  from  the  service,  will  be  given  a  certificate  of  dis- 
charge signed  by  a  field  officer  of  his  regiment  or  corps,  or  by  the  commanding  officer 
when  no  field  officer  is  present.     When  more  than  one  field  officer  of  the  regiment 
or  corps  is  present,  the  commanding  officer  may  designate  the  particular  field  officer 
to  perform  this  duty,  and  in  any  case  the  commanding  officer  may  require  the  dis- 
charge to  be  submitted  to  him  before  delivery  to  the  soldier. 

146.  The  character  given  on  a  discharge  will  be  signed    by  the  company  or 
detachment  commander,  and  great  care  will  be  taken  that  no  injustice  is  done  the 
soldier.     If  the  soldier's  service  has  been  honest  and  faithful,  he  will  be  entitled  to 
such  character  as  will  warrant  his  reenlistment — that  is,  to  character  at  least  "good." 
Where  the  company  commander  deems  the  service  not  honest  and  faithful,  he  shall, 
if  practicable,  so  notify  the  soldier  at  least  thirty  days  prior  to  discharge,  and  shall 
at  the  same  time  notify  the  commanding  officer,  who  will  in  every  such  case  convene 
a  board  of  officers,  three  if  practicable,  to  determine  whether  the  soldier's  service 
has  been  honest  and  faithful.     The  soldier  will  in  every  case  be  given  a  hearing 
before  the  board. 

If  the  company  commander  is  the  commanding  officer,  he  will  report  the  facts  to 
the  next  higher  commander,  who  will  convene  the  board.  The  finding  of  the  board, 
when  approved  by  the  convening  authority,  shall  be  final.  Discharge  without  honor 
on  account  of  "service  not  honest  and  faithful"  will  be  given  only  on  the  approved 
finding  of  a  board  of  officers  as  herein  prescribed. 

When  an  honorable  discharge  is  given  following  the  action  of  the  board,  the  fact 
will  be  noted  on  the  discharge  and  on  the  muster  rolls. 


28  DISCHAKGES. 

The  proceedings  of  boards  convened  under  this  paragraph,  showing  all  the  facts 
pertinent  to  the  inquiry,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  reviewing  authority  direct  to  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 

147.  The  place  of  enlistment  will  be  given  under  remarks,  on  back  of  discharge 
certificate;  and  when  in  the  opinion  of  the  company  commander  the  circumstances 
warrant  it,  notation  will  be  made  that  the  soldier  is  fitted  for  a  commission  in  the 
United  States  Volunteers,  giving  his  special' qualifications. 

148.  Blank  forms  for  discharge  and  final  statements  will  be  furnished  by  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  and  will  be  retained  in  the  personal  custody  of 
company  commanders.     Those  for  discharge  will  be  of  three  classes:  For  honorable 
discharge,  for  dishonorable  discharge,  and  for  discharge  without  honor.     They  will 
be  used  as  follows: 

1.  The  blank  for  honorable  discharge  when  the  soldier's  service  has  been  honest 
and  faithful,  in  which  case  he  would  be  entitled  to  character  at  least  "good." 
Where  the  soldier's  conduct  has  been  such  as  to  warrant  his  reenlistment,  his  service 
has  been  honest  and  faithful  and  he  is  entitled  to  character  at  least  "good." 

2.  The  blank  for  discharge  without  honor  when  a  soldier  is  discharged: 
(a)  Without  trial,  on  account  of  fraudulent  enlistment. 

(6)  Without  trial,  on  account  of  having  become  disqualified  for  service,  physically 
or  in  character,  through  his  own  misconduct. 

(c)  On  account  of  imprisonment  under  sentence  of  a  civil  court. 

(d)  Where  the  service  has  not  been  honest  and  faithful;  that  is,  where  the  service 
does  not  warrant  his  reenlistment. 

(e)  When  discharge  without  honor  is  specially  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  War 
for  any  other  reason. 

3.  The  blank  for  dishonorable  discharge,  for  dishonorable  discharge  by  sentence 
of  a  court-martial  or  military  commission. 

149.  Discharge  certificates  will  not  be  made  in  duplicate.     Upon  satisfactory 
proof  of  the  loss  of  a  discharge,  or  of  its  destruction,  without  the  fault  of  the  person 
entitled  to  it,  the  War  Department  may  issue  to  such  person  a  certificate  of  service, 
showing  date  of  enlistment  in  and  discharge  from  the  Army  and  character  given  on 
discharge  certificate.     Discharge  certificates  must  not  be  forwarded  to  the  War 
Department  in  correspondence  unless  called  for. 

150.  The  discharge  of  a  soldier  takes  effect  on  the  date  of  notice  to  him  of  such 
discharge,  either  actual,  by  delivery  of  the  certificate  of  discharge,  or  constructive, 
as  where  such  delivery  can  not  be  made  owing  to  his  absence  for  his  own  conven- 
ience or  through  his  own  fault,  in  which  case  the  receipt  of  the  discharge  at  his 
proper  station  will  be  deemed  sufficient  notice.     The  date  of  discharge  on  the  final 
statements  must  be  the  same  as  that  on  the  discharge  certificate. 

151.  Upon  the  discharge  of  a  soldier  his  commanding  officer  will  place  on  his 
discharge  certificate  above  the  line  for  "Previous  service"  the  following  remark: 

"Continuous  service  at  date  of  discharge, years,  — months, 

days." 


Upon  reenlistment  the  recruiting  officer  will  place  the  same  information  upon  the 
descriptive  and  assignment  card  and  give  the  date  of  last  discharge. 

152.  If  a  soldier  be  discharged  while  absent  from  his  company  a  complete  descrip- 
tive list,  giving  date,  place,  cause,  and  the  character  given  on  the  discharge  certifi- 
cate, will  be  sent  by  the  officer  giving  the  discharge  to  the  soldier's  company 
commander. 

153.  In  order  to  prevent  payment  on  fraudulent  discharge  papers,  the  officer  who 
prepares  the  final  statements  of  a  soldier  will,  at  least  one  week  before  the  discharge 
takes  effect,  send  by  mail  to  the  paymaster  to  whom  the  soldier  may  wish  to  apply 
for  payment  a  notification,  stating  therein  the  date  of  last  payment  to  the  soldier 
and  his  credits  and  debits,  both  in  words  and  figures.     The  officer  will  also  send  the 


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soldier's  signature,  or  will  report  that  the  soldier  can  not  write  his  name.  Blank 
forms  for  this  notification  will  be  supplied  by  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 
The  officer  issuing  the  final  statements  will  inform  the  discharged  soldier  of  the 
name  and  location  of  the  paymaster  to  whom  he  shall  apply  for  payment. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  overpayments  caused  by  erroneous  final  state- 
ments will  be  charged  against  the  officer  who  signed  the  final  statements. 

1 54.  A  dishonorable  discharge  from  the  service  is  a  complete  expulsion  from  the 
Army,  and  covers  all  unexpired  enlistments. 

155.  When  a  soldier  is  sentenced  by  court-martial  to  confinement  without  dis- 
honorable discharge,  for  a  period  extending  beyond  the  expiration  of  his  term  of 
enlistment,  he  will  be  discharged,  honorably  or  without  honor,  on  the  date  of  the 
expiration  of  the  term  of  enlistment,  but  will  be  held  to  serve  out  his  sentence,  the 
certificate  of  discharge  being  delivered  to  him  on  his  release  from  confinement. 
When,  however,  a  soldier's  term  of  enlistment  expires  while  he  is  awaiting  trial  or 
sentence  he  will  be  discharged  (honorably,  without  honor,  or  dishonorably,  accord- 
ing to  circumstances)  on  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  an  order  publishing  the  case  or 
otherwise  disposing  of  it,  and  the  discharge  will  be  dated  accordingly. 

156.  When  transportation  in  kind  is  furnished  a  discharged  soldier  to  enable  him 
to  reach  a  paymaster  the  quartermaster  will  note  on  the  final  statements  that  "trans- 
portation in  kind  from  —    —  to  —      —  has  been  furnished,"  stating  the  cost  thereof, 
which  will  be  deducted  by  the  paymaster.     If  a  soldier,  discharged  at  the  place  of 
his  enlistment,  be  furnished  with  transportation  to  enable  him  to  reach  a  paymaster 
the  cost  thereof  will  be  ascertained  and  noted  on  his  final  statements,  to  be  deducted 
by  the  paymaster. 

CERTIFICATES   OF   DISABILITY. 

157.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  permanently  unfitted  for  military  service  because 
of  wounds  or  disease  he  should,  if  practicable,  be  discharged  on  certificate  of  disa- 
bility before  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  service  in  which  the  disability  was  incurred. 
The  certificate  of  disability  will  be  prepared  by  the  post  surgeon  and  will  be  filled 
out  in  his  handwriting.     Blank  forms  will  be  furnished  by  The  Military  Secretary 
of  the  Army,  and  the  directions  thereon  will  be  strictly  complied  with. 

15§.  When  an  application  for  discharge  is  approved,  the  post  or  regimental  com- 
mander will  furnish  to  the  surgeon  by  whom  the  certificate  was  given,  or  to  the  senior 
surgeon  of  the  command  to  which  the  soldier  was  attached  at  the  time  of  his  dis- 
charge, a  letter  setting  forth  the  full  name  and  rank  of  the  soldier,  the  company  and 
regiment  to  which  he  belonged,  the  date  of  discharge,  and  the  cause  thereof  as  stated 
in  the  certificate.  The  surgeon,  having  made  a  true  copy  of  the  letter  for  the  com- 
pletion of  his  own  records,  will  forward  the  original  to  the  Surgeon-General  direct. 

1 59.  As  disability  occurring  in  the  service  is  usually  made  the  basis  of  a  claim 
for  pension,  special  care  will  always  be  taken  to  state  in  the  certificate  the  degree  of 
disability,  to  describe  particularly  the  disability,  wound,  or  disease,  the  extent  to 
which  it  deprives  the  soldier  of  the  use  of  any  limb  or  faculty,  or  affects  his  health, 
strength,  activity,  constitution,  or  capacity  to  labor.     If  such  disability  was  incurred 
in  the  line  of  duty,  and  the  soldier  declined  treatment  for  the  relief  of  such  disability 
where  treatment  was  directed,  that  fact  will  be  set  forth  in  the  certificate  for  the 
information  of  the  Pension  Office. 

ARTICLE  XXII. 

DECEASED  SOLDIERS. 

160.  In  case  of  the  death  of  any  soldier,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  his  immediate 
commander  to  secure  his  effects  and  to  prepare  the  inventory  required  by  the  One 
hundred  and  twenty-sixth  Article  of  War,  according  to  prescribed  form,  and  to 


30  DECEASED    SOLDIERS. 

notify  nearest  relative  of  the  fact  of  death.     Duplicates  of  the  inventory,  with  final 
statements,  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 

161.  Officers  charged  with  the  care  and  custody  of  the  effects  of  deceased  soldiers 
are  required,  under  the  provisions  of  the  One  hundred  and  twenty-seventh  Article 
of  War,  to  deliver  the  same,  or  the  net  proceeds  thereof,  to  the  legal  representatives 
of  the  deceased.     Should  the  effects  of  a  deceased  soldier  not  be  claimed  within  a 
reasonable  time,  they  will  lie  sold  by  a  council  of  administration  under  the  authority 
of  the  post  commander,  and  the  proceeds  transferred  to  the  commander  of  the  com- 
pany to  which  the  deceased  belonged,  by  whom  they  will  be  deposited  with  a  pay- 
master to  the  credit  of  the  United  States.     Duplicate  receipts  will  be  taken,  one  of 
which  will  be  sent  direct  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  and  the  other 
retained  with  the  company  records.    The  paymaster' s  receipt  for  the  money  deposited 
as  above  will  clearly  specify  the  nature  of  the  deposit — i.  e.,  whether  for  the  proceeds 
of  the  sale  of  the  effects  or  whether  for  the  undrawn  pay  of  a  soldier  who  has  died — 
and  the  officer  responsible  will  furnish  the  paymaster  with  the  necessary  informa- 
tion.    There  is  no  authority  for  officers  to  pay  the  debts  of  deceased  soldiers. 
Watches,  trinkets,  personal  papers,  and  keepsakes  will  not  be  sold,  but  will  be 
labeled  with  the  name,  rank,  and  organization  of  the  owner  and  sent  through  The 
Military  Secretary  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for  the  benefit  of  those 
legally  entitled  to  them. 

162.  In  all  cases  of  sale  by  a  council  of  administration  a  detailed  statement  of  the 
proceeds,  duly  certified  by  the  council  and  commanding  officer,  will  accompany  the 
paymaster's  receipt  forwarded  by  the  company  commander  to  The  Military  Secretary 
of  the  Army.     The  statement  will  be  indorsed:  "Report  of  the  proceeds  of  the 

effects  of ,  late  of  company , regiment  of ,  who  died 

at the day  of , ." 

%163.  The  effects  will  be  delivered,  when  called  for,  to  the  legal  representatives  of 
the  deceased,  and  the  receipts  therefor  forwarded  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the 
Army.  Applications  for  arrears  of  pay  and  proceeds  of  sale  of  effects  of  deceased 
soldiers  should  be  addressed  to  the  Auditor  of  the  Treasury  for  the  War  Department, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

164.  The  accounts  of  deceased  soldiers  are  settled  by  the  Auditor  of  the  Treasury 
for  the  War  Department,  and  the  following  is  the  order  of  distribution  adopted 
by  the  Treasury  Department,  viz:  (1)  widow,  (2)  children,  in  equal  share,  (3)  father, 
(4)  mother,  (5)  brothers  and  sisters,  in  equal  share.     Officers  are  advised  that,  in. 
the  cases  of  single  men,  it  is  a  safe  rule  to  dispose  of  the  effects  as  prescribed  in  par- 
agraph 161  and  leave  the  responsibility  of  distribution  to  the  Treasury  Department. 

165.  The  remains  of  deceased  enlisted  men,  other  than  those  on  the  retired  list, 
will  be  inclosed  in  coffins  and  transported  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  the 
nearest  military  post  or  national  cemetery  for  burial,  unless  the  commanding  officer 
deems  burial  at  place  of  death  to  be  proper,  when  a  full  report  of  the  facts  and 
reasons  will  be  made  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army.     The  expense  of  trans- 
porting the  remains  to  the  nearest  post  or  national  cemetery  is  payable  from  the 
appropriation  for  Army  transportation.     In  the  case  of  an  enlisted  man  who  has  been 
killed  in  battle,  or  who  has  died  at  a  military  camp  or  in  the  field  or  hospital  in  Alaska 
or  at  a  place  outside  the  continental  limits  of  the  United  States,  or  while  on  voyage 
at  sea.  the  remains  may,  if  desired  by  the  relatives,  be  transported  to  the  home  of 
the  deceased  for  interment.     The  cost  of  such  transportation  will  be  paid  from  funds 
specially  appropriated  by  Congress  for  that  purpose.     The  expense  of  burial,  other 
than  the  cost  of  transportation,  will  be  limited  to  $35  for  each  enlisted  man,  and  will 
be  restricted  to  the  cost  of  the  casket,  hire  of  a  hearse,  and  the  reasonable  and  nec- 
essary expenses  of  preparing  the  remains  for  burial. 


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ARTICLE  XXIII. 

WORKING  PARTIES.     EXTRA  AND  SPECIAL  DUTY  MEN. 

166.  Troops  will  not  be  employed  in  labors  that  interfere  with  their  military 
duties  except  in  cases  of  necessity. 

167.  Enlisted  men  detailed  to  perform  specific  services  which  remove  them  tem- 
porarily from  the  ordinary  duty  roster  of  the  organization  to  which  they  belong  will 
be  reported  on  extra  duty  if  receiving  increased  compensation  therefor,  otherwise 
on  special  duty.     They  will  not  be  placed  on  extra  duty,  except  as  bakers  or  to  per- 
form the  necessary  routine  services  in  the  Quartermaster's  and  Subsistence  Depart- 
ments, without  the  sanction  of  the  department  commander;  they  will  not  be  employed 
on  extra  duty  in  time  of  war,  nor  in  time  of  peace  for  labor  in  camp  or  garrison  which 
can  properly  be  performed  by  fatigue  parties.     Allotments  of  funds  for  payment  of 
extra-duty  men  at  department  headquarters  and  depots  under  the  control  of  depart- 
ment commanders  will  only  .be  made  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 
Duty  of  a  military  character  must  be  performed  without  extra  compensation. 

168.  Enlisted  men  detailed  by  name  on  extra  duty  and  employed  under  compe- 
tent authority  at  constant  labor  for  not  less  than  ten  days  are  entitled  in  time  of  peace 
to  receive  extra-duty  pay  at  the  following  rates:  For  ser\7ices  as  mechanics,  artisans, 
and  school-teachers,  fifty  cents  per  day;  as  bakers,  according  to  paragraph  333;  as 
overseers,  clerks,  teamsters,  laborers,  and  for  all  other  extra-duty  services,  thirty- 
five  cents  per  day.     Enlisted  men  receiving  or  who  are  entitled  to  the  twenty  per  cent 
increased  pay  for  foreign  service  as  provided  by  law  are  not  entitled  to  extra-duty 
pay. 

169.  The  detail  of  a  noncommissioned  officer  on  extra  duty,  other  than  that  of 
overseer,  will  not  be  made  except  in  cases  of  emergency  without  the  prior  approval 
of  the  department  commander.     A  noncommissioned  officer  will  not  be  detailed  on 
any  duty  inconsistent  with  his  rank  and  position  in  the  military  service. 

1 7O.  Noncommissioned  staff  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  several  staff  depart- 
ments will  not  be  detailed  on  extra  duty  without  authority  from*the  War  Depart- 
ment.   They  are  not  entitled  to  extra-duty  pay  for  services  rendered  in  their  respective 
departments. 

171.  Company  artificers,  farriers  and  blacksmiths,  saddlers,  and  wagoners  will 
not  receive  extra-duty  pay  unless  detailed  on  extra  duty  in  the  Quartermaster's 
Department,  wholly  disconnected  from  their  companies. 

172.  Soldiers  on  extra  duty  will  be  paid  the  extra  rates  of  pay  allowed  by  law  for 
the  duty  performed,  and  for  the  exact  number  of  days  employed;  and  no  greater 
number  of  men  will  be  employed  on  extra  duty  at  any  time  than  can  be  paid  the 
full  legal  rates  for  the  time  employed  from  the  funds  provided.     Payments  made  in 
violation  of  the  above  rules  will  be  charged  against  the  officers  who  ordered  the 
details. 

173.  Extra  and  special  duty  men  will  attend  as  many  inspections,  drills,  and 
other  duties  as  the  commanding  officer  deems  practicable,  unless  specifically  excused 
by  higher  authority. 

174.  Extra-duty  men  will  be  held  to  such  hours  of  labor  as  may  be  expedient 
and  necessary;  but,  except  in  case  of  urgent  public  necessity,  as  in  military  opera- 
tions, eight  hours  will  be  considered  a  day's  work.     For  all  hours  employed  beyond 
that  number,  the  soldier  will  receive  additional  compensation — the  extra  hours  being 
computed  as  fractions  of  a  day  of  eight  hours'  duration. 

175.  Separate  allotments  for  extra  duty  and  unclassified  civil  labor  in  depart- 
ments will  be  announced  from  the  War  Department  at  the  beginning  of  each  fiscal 
year.     The  department  commander  will  determine  all  matters  incident  thereto  at 
each  post  in  his  department.     The  expenditures  must  be  within  the  allotments  and 
limited  to  the  absolutely  necessary  demands  of  the  service. 


32  SOLDIERS'  HOME — MEDALS  OF  HONOR. 


ARTICLE  XXIV. 

SOLDIERS'  HOME. 

1 76.  An  honest  and  faithful  service  of  twenty  years  in  the  Army  entitles  a  soldier 
to  admission  to  the  Soldiers'  Home,  Washington,  D.  C. 

177.  When  a  soldier,  by  reason  of  long  service,  or  disability  contracted  in  the 
line  of  duty,  desires  to  enter  the  Soldiers'  Home,  his  company  commander  will  so 
report,  through  military  channels,  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  giving  all 
the  details  necessary  for  a  full  understanding  of  the  case,  including  the  date  of  each 
enlistment,  with  company  and  regiment.     If  the  soldier  be  physically  disabled,  the 
report  will  be  accompanied  by  certificates  of  disability.     The  papers  will  be  referred 
to  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Home,  and  if,  in  its  opinion,  the  soldier  is 
entitled  to  become  an  inmate,  the  necessary  authority  will  be  given  for  his  discharge 
at  the  place  where  he  is  serving.     He  may  then  proceed  to  Washington  and  report 
to  the  Board  of  Commissioners  for  admission  to  the  Home. 

178.  Transportation  to  the  Home  will  not  be  furnished  except  by  authority  of  the 
War  Department,  on  the  application  of  the  Board  of  Commissioners;  and  in  such 
case  the  officer  who  pays  the  account  will,  as  soon  as  payment  is  made,  forward  the 
original  account  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  with  a  letter  of  transmittal,  in  which 
he  will  state  that  the  account  is  forwarded  so  that  it  may  be  referred  to  the  treasurer 
of  the  Soldiers'  Home  for  repayment  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department.    The  paying 
officer  will  take  credit  for  the  amount  paid  on  his  accounts  for  the  month,  and  will 
note  thereon  the  fact  that  the  account  was  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General, 
on  a  specified  date,  for  the  purpose  aforesaid. 

179.  Commanding  officers  will  not  order  the  issue  of  clothing  or  subsistence  to  be 
repaid  from  the  funds  of  the  Home. 

ARTICLE  XXV. 

MEDALS  OF  HONOR  AND  CERTIFICATES  OF  MERIT. 

1§O.  Medals  of  honor  authorized  by  Congress  are  awarded  to  officers  and  enlisted 
men  in  the  name  of  the  Congress  for  particular  deeds  of  most  distinguished  gallantry 
in  action. 

1.  In  order  that  the  medal  of  honor  may  be  awarded,  officers  or  enlisted  men  must 
perform  in  action  deeds  of  most  distinguished  personal  bravery  or  self-sacrifice  above 
and  beyond  the  call  of  duty  so  conspicuous  as  clearly  to  distinguish  them  for  gal- 
lantry and  intrepidity  above  their  comrades,  involving  risk  of  life  or  the  performance 
of  more  than  ordinarily  hazardous  service,  and  the  omission  of  which  would  not 
justly  subject  the  person  to  censure  as  for  shortcoming  or  failure  in  the  performance 
of  his  duty.     The  recommendations  for  the  medal  will  be  judged  by  this  standard  of 
extraordinary  merit,  and  incontestable  proof  of  the  performance  of  the  service  will 
be  exacted. 

2.  For  most  distinguished  gallantry  in  action  a  medal  of  honor  can  be  awarded  to 
a  person,  regardless  of  whether  he  is  in  the  military  service  or  not,  provided  he  was 
at  the  time  of  the  gallant  act  or  acts  an  officer,  noncommissioned  officer,  or  private 
in  the  Army  of  the  United  States. 

3.  Consideration  of  cases  will  be  confined  to  those  in  which  a  specific  recommen- 
dation for  the  award  of  a  medal  of  honor  was  made  or  shall  be  made  at  the  time  of 
the  action  or  within  one  year  thereafter.     The  testimony  in  support  of  such  recom- 
mendation must,  when  practicable,  embrace  that  of  at  least  two  eyewitnesses,  and 
must  be  in  the  form  of  certificates  from  officers  and  affidavits  from  enlisted  men  and 
others,  describing  specifically  the  act  or  acts  of  gallantry  performed. 


CERTIFICATES    OF    MERIT DIVISIONS    AND    DEPARTMENTS.        33 

4.  Commanding  officers  will  thoroughly  investigate  all  cases  of  recommendation 
for  medals  of  honor  arising  in  their  commands,  and  indorse  their  opinion  upon  the 
papers,  which  will  be  forwarded  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  through 
regular  channels. 

1§1.  When  any  enlisted  man  of  the  Army  shall  have  distinguished  himself  in  the 
service,  the  President  may  grant  him  a  certificate  of  merit,  on  the  recommendation 
of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment  or  chief  of  corps  to  which  such  man  belongs. 

1.  A  certificate  of  merit  can  only  be  granted  upon  a  recommendation  therefor 
made,  while  the  person  to  whom  the  grant  of  the  certificate  is  recommended  was  in 
the  military  service  of  the  United  States  as  an  enlisted  man,  by  the  officer  who,  at 
the  time  such  enlisted  man  distinguished  himself,  was  commanding  the  regiment  or 
was  chief  of  the  corps  to  which  the  enlisted  man  belonged. 

2.  The  word  "corps"  as  used  in  this  article  is  construed  to  mean  any  corps,  staff 
corps,  or  department  of  the  Army. 

3.  Unless  the  officer  in  immediate  command  of  a  regiment  or  corps  at  the  time 
an  enlisted  man  thereof  distinguished  himself  has  specifically  recommended  the 
award  of  a  certificate  of  merit  to  that  man,  such  certificate  can  not  be  granted  to 
him  upon  the  recommendation  of  any  superior  commander  or  of  any  other  officer. 

4.  Consideration  of  cases  will  be  confined  to  those  in  which  a  specific  recommenda- 
tion for  the  grant  of  a  certificate  was  made  or  shall  be  made  at  the  time  of  the  act  or 
within  one  year  thereafter. 

182.  Recommendations  for  a  certificate  of  merit  must  be  based  upon  the  state- 
ment of  an  eyewitness,  preferably  the  immediate  commander.  The  act  or  acts  by 
which  the  enlisted  man  distinguished  himself  must  be  specifically  described,  and 
when  the  recommendation  is  made  by  a  commissioned  officer  who  was  an  eyewit- 
ness it  must  be  so  stated.  When  a  commissioned  officer  was  not  an  eyewitness  the 
testimony,  when  practicable,  of  at  least  two  eyewitnesses  who  so  describe  them- 
selves must  accompany  the  recommendation.  Each  case  will  be  submitted  sepa- 
rately, and  forwarded  through  the  regular  channels,  with  the  views  or  recommenda- 
tions of  each  commander  indorsed  thereon,  including  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
regiment,  or  chief  of  the  corps  to  which  the  enlisted  man  belongs. 

1§3.  Extra  pay  at  the  rate  of  two  dollars  per  month  from  the  date  of  the  dis- 
tinguished service  is  allowed  to  each  enlisted  man  to  whom  a  certificate  of  merit  is 
granted. 

184.  If  the  soldier  be  discharged  before  the  certificate  is  issued  it  will  be  retained 
in  the  Office  of  The  Military  Secretary  until  called  for,  when  proof  of  the  identity  of 
the  applicant  will  be  required.     Should  he  die  before  receiving  his  certificate,  it  will 
be  deposited  in  the  office  of  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for  delivery  to  those 
legally  entitled  to  it. 

185.  Neither  a  medal  of  honor  nor  a  certificate  of  merit  will  be  awarded  in  any 
case,  when  the  service  of  the  person  recommended,  subsequent  to  the  time  he  dis- 
tinguished himself,  has  not  been  honorable. 

ARTICLE   XXVI. 

TERRITORIAL  DIVISIONS  AND  DEPARTMENTS. 

1§6.  Territorial  divisions  and  departments  are  established  and  their  commanders 
assigned  by  direction  of  the  President. 

187.  The  commander  of  a  territorial  division  or  department  commands  all  the 
military  forces  of  the  Government  within  its  limits,  whether  of  the  line  or  staff, 
which  are  not  excepted  from  his  control  by  the  War  Department.  The  Army  War 
College,  the  Staff  College,  the  Engineer  School,  the  Artillery  School,  the  School  of 
Submarine  Defense,  the  Infantry  and  Cavalry  School,  the  Signal  School,  and  the  School 
of  Application  for  Cavalry  and  Field  Artillery  in  all  that  pertains  to  the  courses  of 
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34  TERKITORIAL    DIVISIONS    AND    DEPARTMENTS. 

instruction  or  their  separate  organization  and  administration  as  schools;  the  Military 
Academy,  the  Army  Medical  School  at  Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  the  arsenals, 
the  general  depots  of  supply,  the  general  service  recruiting  stations,  general  hospitals, 
such  permanent  fortifications  as  may  be  in  process  of  construction,  and  officers 
employed  on  special  duty  under  the  Secretary  of  War  are  exempted  from  the  super- 
vision of  such  commanders.  But  in  the  matter  of  trials  by  court-martial  all  officers 
and  enlisted  men  stationed  within  a  department  remain,  notwithstanding  the  exemp- 
tions of  this  regulation,  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  department  commander,  to 
whom  charges  will  be  forwarded  through  the  usual  channels. 

When  an  emergency  demands,  all  military  men  and  material  within  the  geograph- 
ical limits  of  their  commands  come  under  the  supervision  of  division  and  department 
commanders. 

188.  Purchasing  commissaries  and  quartermasters,  officers  on  duty  at  general 
depots  of  supply,  and  others  indicated  in  the  preceding  paragraph,  whether  report- 
ing by  letter  to  department  commanders  or  not,  are  subject  to  their  orders  for  court- 
martial  or  other  temporary  duty,  in  an  emergency  only;  such  officers,  together  with 
those  on  duty  directly  connected  with  the  schools  mentioned  in  paragraph  187, 
shall  not  be  detached  without  orders  from  the  War  Department. 

189.  The  duties  of  the  division  commander  pertain  to  the  higher  functions  of 
command.     He  originates,  directs,  or  approves  military  operations  within  his  several 
departments,  and  in  case  of  emergency  may  transfer  troops  from  one  to  another 
requiring  reenforcements.     He  has  supervision  over  all  essentially  military  matters 
within  his  division  not  reserved  to  other  authority,   particularly  the  inspection  of 
troops  in  order  to  see  that  they  are   at   all   times   properly    supplied,  equipped, 
instructed,  disciplined,  and  prepared  for  active  service;  designates  the  time  for  target 
practice  in  his  several  departments,  examines  and  consolidates  reports  of  the  same, 
and  issues  the  necessary  orders  for  holding  target  competitions  within  his  division, 
and  superintends,  under  direction  of  the  War  Department,  garrison  schools.     He 
will  have  immediate  charge  of  the  inspections  necessary  to  carry  out,  for  all  the 
organized  militia  belonging  within  the  limits  of  his  division,  the  provisions  of  section 
14  of  the  militia  act,  approved  January  21,  1903;  and  to  assist  in  this  duty,  all  officers 
of  the  Army,  active  or  retired,  on  duty  with  the  organized  militia  within  the  limits 
of  his  division,  will  report  to  him  and  will  send  through  him  their  reports  of  inspec- 
tions under  said  section  14.     Reports  and  returns  of  the  organized  militia  which  may 
be  required  under  the  provisions  of  section  12  of  the  act  of  January  21,  1903,  will  be 
referred  by  the  War  Department  to  the  division  commanders  for  their  information, 
to  be  returned  to  the  War  Department  for  file. 

From  his  own  inspections  and  those  of  his  inspectors  the  division  commander  will 
from  time  to  time  convey  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  such  information  of  affairs  in  the  divi- 
sion as  may  be  useful  to  the  War  Department. 

190.  A  department  commander  is  charged  with  the  administration  of  all  the  mili- 
tary affairs  of  his  department  except  as  otherwise  provided  in  paragraphs  187  and 
189.     He  will  from  time  to  time  report  for  the  information  of  the  division  com- 
maniler  all  matters  relating  to  the  general  welfare  of  his  command  over  which  the 
division  commander  exercises  control,  including  such  changes  of  station  of  troops  as 
he  may  deem  desirable,  but  will  obtain  the  necessary  approval  before  ordering  the 
movement.     If  it  be  necessary  to  move  troops  to  meet  emergencies,  such  movements 
and  all  the  circumstances  will  be  reported  at  the  earliest  possible  moment.     He  is 
primarily  charged  with  the  sanitation  of  posts  and  camps,  and  with  the  discipline, 
shelter,  supply,  and  instruction  of  the  troops  of  his  command,  conforming  to  regula- 
tions and  orders  of  the  War  Department,     Correspondence  respecting  these  matters 
which  require  the  action  of  superior  authority  will  be  direct  writh  the  War  Depart- 
ment, except  in  the  Philippines  Division. 


TERRITORIAL    DIVISIONS    AND    DEPARTMENTS.  35 

191.  Each  department  commander  will  inspect  the  troops  under  his  command  at 
least  once  each  year,  and  for  this  purpose  he  may  be  accompanied  by  one  officer  of 
his  personal  or  the  department  staff.     He  will  assure  himself  by  personal  exami- 
nation and  observation  that  all  officers  and  men  under  his  control  are  efficient  in  the 
performance  of  duty;  that  the  troops  are  thoroughly  drilled  and  instructed  in  their 
field  duties  and  tactical  exercises;  that  supplies  are  properly  distributed;  that  proper 
care  is  exercised  in  the  purchase  and  preservation  of  public  property;  and  that  strict 
economy  is  exercised  in  all  public  expenditures.     In  his  annual  report  the  results 
of  these  inspections  will  be  summarized.     From  time  to  time  he  will  report,  for  the 
information  of  the  War  Deparment,  the  names  of  any  and  all  officers  belonging  to 
his  command  who  are  believed  to  be  permanently  incapable,  from  any  cause,  of  per- 
forming the  duties  of  their  several  grades,  both  in  garrison  and  in  active  service. 
He  will  also  report  any  errors,  irregularities,  or  abuses  requiring  the  action  of  higher 
authority. 

192.  Division  and  department  commanders  are  expected  to  determine  contro- 
versies arising  within  the  limits  of  their  jurisdiction  and  decide  questions  referred 
to  them  on  appeal. 

193.  In  the  event  of  the  death,  or  disability,  of  the  permanent  commander  of  a 
territorial  division  or  department,  or  his  temporary  absence  from  the  limits  of  his  com- 
mand, the  senior  line  officer  present  and  on  duty  therein  will  exercise  the  command 
of  the  division  or  department,  unless  otherwise  ordered,  until  relieved  by  proper 
authority.     Although  a  division  or  department  commander  may  continue  to  dis- 
charge the  more  important  functions  of  his  command  while  absent  from  its  territorial 
limits,  his  exercise  of  command  and  his  absence  therefrom  require  the  sanction  of 
higher  authority.     If  intending  to  leave  his  headquarters  for  an  absence  within  his 
division  or  department  he  will  report  to  the  next  higher  commander  his  intention, 
his  address  during  his  absence,  and  the  proposed  duration  thereof. 

194.  A  division  commander's  staff  will  be  composed  of  his  authorized  personal 
aids;  one  officer  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  as  chief  of  staff,  and  such  number  of 
assistants  from  this  corps  as  it  may  be  necessary  and  practicable  to  assign;  an  officer 
of  the  Military  Secretary's  Department;  such  number  of  officers  of  the  Inspector- 
General's  Department,  and  of  acting  inspectors-general  detailed  under  the  act  of 
June  23,  1874,  as  are  necessary  for  the  performance  of  inspection  duty,  including 
duties  of  artillery  inspectors;  and  an  officer  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers.     The  division 
commander  Avill  devolve  upon  one  of  his  personal  aids  the  duties  of  inspector  of  small- 
arms  practice.     The  chief  of  staff  and  his  assistants  may  be  assigned  to  inspection  duty 
in  the  discretion  of  the  division  commander.     The  commander  of  the  Philippines 
Division  will,  in  addition  to'the  foregoing,  be  provided  with  such  staff  officers  as  may 
be  assigned  by  the  War  Department,  and  will  control  matters  of  supply  and  adminis- 
tration within  his  command.     In  this  division  correspondence  with  the  War  Depart- 
ment will  be  through  the  division  commander. 

195.  A  department  commander's  staff  will  consist  of  the  authorized  personal 
aids  and  one  officer  from  each  of  the  following  departments:  Military  Secretary's 
Department,  Judge- Advocate  General's  Department,  Quartermaster's  Department, 
Subsistence  Department,  Medical  Department,  and  Pay  Department;  and,  when  neces- 
sary, an  engineer  officer,  an  ordnance  officer,  and  a  signal  officer  will  be  assigned.    The 
chief  surgeon  will,  when  practicable,  perform  the  duty  of  attending  surgeon.     The 
chief  paymaster  will  make  a  portion  of  the  payments  in  the  command.     The  duties 
prescribed  in  Small  Arms  Firing  Regulations  for  the  inspector  of  small-arms  practice 
will  be  performed  by  an  aid. 

196.  The  official  designation  of  the  senior  officers  of  the  staff  corps  and  depart- 
ments on  the  staff  of  division  or  department  commanders  will  be  as  follows: 

Of  the  General  Staff  Corps,  Chief  of  Staff;  of  the  Military  Secretary's  Depart- 
ment, Adjutant-General;  of  the  Inspector-General's  Department,  Inspector-General; 


36  MILITARY    POSTS. 

of  the  Judge-Advocate-GeneraPs  Department,  Judge- Advocate;  of  the  Quartermas- 
ter ^Department,  Chief  Quartermaster;'  of  the  Subsistence  Department,  Chief  Com- 
missary; of  the  Medical  Department,  Chief  Surgeon;  of  the  Pay  Department,  Chief 
Paymaster;  of  the  Engineer  Corps,  Chief  Engineer  Officer;  of  the.  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment, Chief  Ordnance  Officer;  of  the  Signal  Corps,  Chief  Signal  Officer. 

When  one  of  the  required  staff  officers  is  not  assigned,  or  a  staff  officer  is  tem- 
porarily absent  or  disabled,  the  duties  of  his  position  will  be  performed  by  the 
assistant,  if  any,  or  by  other  members  of  the  staff.  • 

197.  Funds  for  contingent  expenses  at  division  and  department  headquarters  are 
allotted  by  the  Secretary  of  War  and  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  adjutants-general. 
The  amount  allotted  will  be  apportioned  by  the  division  or  department  commander 
to  the  officers  of  the  staff  corps  serving  at  his  headquarters  as  the  interests  of  the 
service  dictate,  and  the  adjutant-general  will  make  purchases  and  expenditures  as 
those  officers  request,  subject  to  the  written  approval  of  the  division  or  department 
commander.     Property  so  purchased  will  be  taken  up  on  the  return  of  the  adjutant- 
general  and  transferred  to  the  staff  officers  concerned,  who  will  give  duplicate  receipts 
therefor,  and  it  will  then  be  dropped  from  the  return  of  the  adjutant-general,  who 
will  file  one  set  of  receipts  as  retained  vouchers  and  send  ~the  other  to  the  respective 
chiefs  of  bureaus  in  which  the  staff  officers  are  serving.     On  June  30  of  each  year  all 
officers  who  have  purchased  or  receipted  for  such  property  will  make  return  therefor 
to  the  chiefs  of  their  respective  bureaus,  to  whose  satisfaction  expenditures,  losses, 
etc.,  will  be  explained.     An  officer  accountable  for  such  property  will  take  duplicate 
receipts  therefor  when  relieved,  and  will  forward  one  of  them  to  the  proper  chief 
of  bureau  with  the  return  which  he  will  then  render,  and  file  the  other  with  his 
retained  papers. 

ARTICLE  XXVII. 

MILITARY  POSTS  AND  RESERVATIONS. 

POSTS. 

198.  Permanent  military  posts  are  established  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary 
of  War,  and  will  be  named  by  him. 

199.  Permanent  posts  will  be  styled  " Forts,"  and  points  occupied  temporarily  by 
troops  "Camps." 

200.  The  commander  of  a  post  is  responsible  for  its  safety  and  defense,  and  for 
the  discipline,  drill,  and  instruction  of  his  command,  to  which  ends  all  other  garri- 
son duties  will  be  made  subservient.     He  will  be  responsible  for  the  preservation 
and  proper  application  of  public  property,  for  the  strict  inforcement  of  laws  and 
regulations,  and  for  the  proper  condition  of  quarters  and  defenses.     He  will  make  an 
inspection  of  his  command  on  the  last  day  of  every  month,  will  satisfy  himself  by 
frequent  personal  examination  that  the  disbursements  of  all  officers  in  charge  of 
funds  are  in  accordance  with  law  and  regulations  and  their  accounts  correctly  stated, 
and  will  make  such  reports  of  these  inspections  and  examinations  as  the  department 
commander  may  direct. 

201.  The  post  commander  and  surgeon  will  make  frequent  visits  during  the  month 
to  the  hospital,  guardhouse,  mess  hall,  mess  rooms,  and  other  buildings  and  rooms 
used  by  enlisted  men. 

202.  An  orderly  observance  of  the  Sabbath  by  the  officers  and  men  in  the  mili- 
tary service  is  enjoined.     Military  duty  and  labor  on  Sunday  will  be  reduced  to  the 
measure  of  strict  necessity. 

203.  The  staff  of  a  post  commander  will  consist  of  such  staff  officers  as  are  on  duty 
at  the  post,  and  such  line  officers  as  may  be  required  for  staff  duties.     Their  official 
designations  will  be  as  follows:  Adjutant,  quartermaster,  commissary,  surgeon,  engi- 


POST  RECORDS RESERVATIONS.  37 

neer  officer,  ordnance  officer,  and  signal  officer.  The  official  address  of  the  senior 
medical  officer  at  a  post  will  be — 

THE  SURGEON, 

FORT , 

and  in  like  manner  the  official  addresses  of  the  other  staff  officers  of  a  post  will  be, 
respectively:  The  Adjutant,  The  Quartermaster,  The  Commissary,  The  Engineer 
Officer,  The  Ordnance  Officer,  and  The  Signal  Officer,  Fort  —  — . 

•2O  I.  Expenditures  of  labor,  money,  or  material  upon  posts  will  be  strictly  limited 
to  the  amounts  allowed  by  law  and  regulations. 

205.  When  practicable,  temporary  buildings  for  the  use  of  the  Army  will  be  erected 
by  its  enlisted  force,  and  necessary  repairs  of  public  buildings  at  garrisoned  posts  not 
appropriated  for  or  specially  authorized  will  be  made  by  the  troops. 

206.  Post  commanders  are  authorized  to  assist  mail  contractors  with  Government 
transportation,  provided  it  can  be  spared  without  detriment  to  the  service,  when, 
through  accident  or  unavoidable  casualty,  they  are  deprived  of  the  means  necessary 
to  fulfill  their  contracts.     Such  assistance  must  cease  as  soon  as  the  contractor  can, 
by  exercise  of  proper  diligence,  resupply  himself  with  transportation.     Receipts  for 
the  property  loaned  will  be  taken,  which,  in  the  event  of  its  loss  or  damage,  will 
be  forwarded,  with  a  report  of  facts,  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  that 
the  amount  involved  may  be  collected  from  the  contractor  through  the  Post-Office 
Department. 

20 7.  At  posts  supplied  with  ordnance  and  with  ammunition  for  the  purpose,  a 
morning  and  evening  gun  will  be  fired  daily  at  reveille  and  retreat. 

POST   RECORDS. 

208.  The  following  books  of  record  will  be  kept  at  each  post:  An  order  book,  a 
letters-received  book,  with  index,  a  letters-sent  book,  with  index,  a  post  council  of 
administration  book,  a  morning  report  book,  and  a  guard  report  book,  furnished  by 
The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army;  a  post  exchange  council  book,  provided  by  the 
post  exchange.     Copies  of  all  returns  and  reports  rendered  (if  not  contained  in  the 
book  of  letters  sent),  all  orders  received,  all  letters  received  which  are  not  required 
to  be  returned,  in  fine,  all  official  papers  which  relate  to  post  administration  will  be 
filed  and  preserved  as  a  part  of  the  post  records.     The  records  of  post  noncommis- 
sioned staff  officers  and  other  enlisted  men  at  posts  not  belonging  to  organizations 
serving  thereat  will  be  kept  as  provided  for  companies.     The  records  will  not  be 
removed  from  the  post  except  on  its  discontinuance.     Commanding  officers  will  see 
that  the  records  are  accurately  kept  and  are  properly  transferred  to  their  successors. 

RESERVATIONS. 

209.  Department  commanders  will  supervise  all  military  reservations  within  the 
limits  of  their  commands,  and,  if  necessary,  will  use  force  to  remove  trespassers.    No 
license  or  permission  to  any  civilian  to  use  or  occupy  any  part  of  a  reservation  will 
be  given,  except  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  unless  he  be  in  the  employ  of  the  Govern- 
ment, or  in  the  family  or  service  of  persons  there  employed. 

210.  Military  posts,  stations,  and  reservations  having  been  selected  for  occupation 
by  the  military  forces,  not  only  for  immediate  and  temporary  use,  but  in  most  cases 
for  occupation  so  long  as  the  Government  shall  exist,  department  and  post  com- 
manders are  required  to  see  that  every  consideration  is  given  to  their  care,  preserva- 
tion, and  adornment.     They  will  not  only  be   made  useful  and  healthful  to  the 
garrisons,  but  be  made  attractive  homes  for  the  Army  by  every  means  available  for 
that  purpose.     Commanding  officers  will  give  this  subject  their  earnest  attention  and 
will  make  requisitions  for  such  appliances  as  may  be  necessary  in  order  to  carry  out 
the  purpose  of  this  regulation. 


38 


FLAGS — COLORS. 


The  grounds,  as  far  as  practicable,  will  be  improved  by  utilizing  such  material  as 
may  be  available  for  the  purpose.  The  shrubbery,  trees,  and  forests  on  the  reserva- 
tion will  be  kept  properly  pruned;  brush  and  unsightly  trees  removed;  vines,  fruit, 
and  ornamental  trees  planted  and  cultivated,  and  grounds  properly  ditched  or 
drained.  Live  trees  in  the  vicinity  of  the  inhabited  parts  of  a  military  reservation 
will  not  be  cut  down,  except  on  the  recommendation  of  the  post  council  of  adminis- 
tration, approved  by  the  post  and  department  commanders.  Where  reservations  are 
of  sufficient  extent,  and  it  is  practicable,  they  will  be  stocked  with  game,  and  all 
native  singing  birds  protected.  Where  required,  requests  will  be  made  through  the 
proper  military  channels  to  the  War  Department  for  supplies  of  seeds  for  grass,  flow- 
ers, vines,  fruit  and  ornamental  trees. 

211.  Military  posts  temporarily  evacuated  by  troops,  and  lands  reserved  for  mili- 
tary use,  will  be  under  charge  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department.     Permanent  works 
of  defense,  however,  and  the  lands  appurtenant  thereto,  are  under  the  supervision  of 
the  Engineer  Department. 

ARTICLE  XXVIII. 

FLAGS,  COLORS,  STANDARDS,  AND  GUIDONS. 

212.  The  flag  of  the  United  States  has  thirteen  horizontal  stripes,  seven  red  and 
six  white,  the  red  and  white  stripes  alternating,  and  the  union  of  the  flag  consists  of 
white  stars  in  a  blue  field  placed  in  the  upper  quarter  next  the  staff,  and  extending 
to  the  lower  edge  of  the  fourth  red  stripe  from  the  top.     The  number  of  stars  is  the 
same  as  the  number  of  States  in  the  Union.     On  the  admission  of  a  State  into  the 
Union,  one  star  will  be  added  to  the  union  of  the  flag,  and  such  addition  will  take 
effect  on  the  4th  day  of  July  next  succeeding  such  admission. 

213.  The  field  or  union  of  the  national  flag  in  use  in  the  Army  has,  since  July  4, 
1896,  consisted  of  forty-five  stars,  in  six  rows,  the  first,  third,  and  fifth  rows  to  have 
eight  stars,  and  the  second,  fourth,  and  sixth  rows  seven  stars  each,  in  a  blue  field, 
arranged  as  follows: 


*•£****** 
******* 

******** 
******* 

******** 
******* 


214.  The  flag  of  the  President  shall  be  of  blue  bunting  with  the  official  coat  of 
arms  of  the  United  States  of  suitable  size  in  the  center,  and  shall  be  10.20  feet  hoist, 
14.40  feet  fly. 

215.  The  colors  of  the  President  shall  be  of  scarlet  silk,  6  feet  6  inches  fly,  and  4 
feet  on  the  pike,  which  shall  be  10  feet  long,  including  the  ferrule  and  head.     The 
head  shall  consist  of  a  globe,  3  inches  in  diameter,  surmounted  by  an  American 
eagle,  alert,  4  inches  high.     In  each  of  the  four  corners  shall  be  a  five-pointed  white 
star  with  one  point  upward,  the  points  of  each  star  to  lie  in  the  circumference  of  an 
imaginary  circle  of  2  5  inches  radius.    The  centers  of  these  circles  are  9  inches  from  the 
short  sides  and  7  inches  from  the  long  sides  of  the  color.     In  the  center  of  the  color  shall 
be  a  large  fifth  star,  also  of  five  points  which  lie  in  the  circumference  of  an  imaginary 
circle  of  16i  inches  radius.     The  center  of  this  circle  is  the  point  of  intersection  of  the 
diagonals  of  the  color.     The  reentering  angles  of  this  large  star  lie  in  the  circumfer- 
ence of  an  imaginary  circle  of  8  inches  radius,  with  the  same  center  as  before.     Inside 


FLAGS COLORS.  39 

of  the  star  thus  outlined  is  a  parallel  star,  separated  from  it  by  a  band  of  white  1J 
inches  wide.  This  inner  star  forms  a  blue  field,  upon  which  is  the  official  coat  of 
arms  of  the  United  States,  the  device  being  located  by  placing  the  middle  point 
of  the  line  dividing  the  chief  from  the  paleways  of  the  escutcheon  upon  the  point 
of  intersection  of  the  diagonals  of  the  color.  On  the  scarlet  field  around  the  larger 
star  are  other  white  stars,  one  for  each  State,  equally  scattered  in  the  reentering 
angles,  and  all  included  within  the  circumference  of  an  imaginary  circle  of  19  J  inches 
radius,  whose  center  is  the  center  of  the  large  star.  The  device,  letters,  and  stars 
are  to  be  embroidered  in  silk,  the  same  on  both  sides  of  the  color.  The  edges  to  be 
trimmed  with  knotted  fringe,  of  silver  and  gold,  3  inches  wide;  the  cord,  8  feet  6 
inches  long,  having  two  tassels,  and  composed  of  red,  white,  and  blue  silk  strands. 

216.  The  flag  of  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  be  of  scarlet  bunting,  measuring  12 
feet  fly  and  6  feet  8  inches  hoist.     In  each  of  the  four  corners  shall  be  a  five-pointed 
white  star  with  one  point  upward ;  the  points  of  each  star  to  lie  in  the  circumference 
of  an  imaginary  circle  of  5  inches  radius;  the  centers  of  these  circles  to  be  17  inches 
from  the  short  sides  and  12  inches  from  the  long  sides  of  the  flag.     In  the  center  of 
the  flag  shall  be  the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States,  of  suitable  size. 

217.  The  flag  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  shall  be  of  white  bunting,  meas- 
uring 12  feet  fly  and  6  feet  8  inches  hoist.     In  each  of  the  four  corners  shall  be  a  five- 
pointed  scarlet  star  with  one  point  upward;  the  points  of  each  star  to  lie  in  the 
circumference  of  an  imaginary  circle  of  5  inches  radius;  the  centers  of  these  stars  to 
be  17  inches  from  the  short  sides  and  12  inches  from  the  long  sides  of  the  flag.     In 
the  center  of  the  flag  shall  be  the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States,  of  suit- 
able size. 

21§.  The  colors  of  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  be  of  scarlet  silk,  5  feet  6  inches  fly, 
4  feet  4  inches  on  the  pike,  which  shall  be  9  feet  long,  including  ferrule  and  spear- 
head. In  each  of  the  four  corners  shall  be  a  five-pointed  white  star,  with  one  point 
upward;  the  points  of  each  star  to  lie  in  the  circumference  of  an  imaginary  circle  of 
2£  inches  radius;  the  centers  of  these  circles  to  be  13  inches  from  the  short  sides  and 
7  2  inches  from  the  long  sides  of  the  color.  In  the  center  shall  be  placed  in  colors 
the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States;  the  device,  letters,  and  stars  to  be 
embroidered  in  silk  on  both  sides  of  the  color;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted 
fringe  of  white  silk  3  inches  wide;  the  cord  8  feet  6  inches  long,  having  two  tassels, 
and  composed  of  white  and  scarlet  strands. 

219.  The  colors  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  shall  be  of  white  silk,  5  feet  6 
inches  fly,  4  feet  4  inches  on  the  pike,  which  shall  be  9  feet  long,  including  spear- 
head and  ferrule.     In  each  of  the  four  corners  shall  be  a  five-pointed  scarlet  star,  one 
point  upward,  the  points  of  each  star  to  lie  in  the  circumference  of  an  imaginary 
circle  of  2J  inches  radius;  the  centers  of  these  circles  to  be  13  inches  from  the  short 
sides  and  1\  inches  from  the  long  sides  of  the  color.     In  the  center  shall  be  placed  in 
colors  the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States  of  suitable  size;  the  device,  let- 
ters, and  stars  to  be  embroidered  in  silk  on  both  sides  of  the  color;  the  edges  to  be 
trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  scarlet  silk  3  inches  wide;  a  cord  8  feet  6  inches 
long,  having  two  tassels,  and  composed  of  white  and  scarlet  silk  strands  to  be  placed 
on  the  pike. 

220.  The  garrison,  post,  and  storm  flags  are  national  flags,  and  shall  be  of  bunt- 
ing.    The  union  of  each  is  as  described  in  paragraph  213,  and  shall  be  one-third  the 
length  of  the  flag. 

The  garrison  flag  will  have  36  feet  fly  and  20  feet  hoist.  It  will  be  furnished  only 
to  posts  designated  in  orders  from  time  to  time  from  the  War  Department,  and  will 
be  hoisted  only  on  holidays  and  important  occasions. 

The  post  flag  will  have  20  feet  fly  and  10  feet  hoist.  It  will  be  furnished  for  all 
garrisoned  posts,  and  will  be  hoisted  in  pleasant  weather. 

The  storm  flag  will  have  8  feet  fly  and  4  feet  2  inches  hoist.     It  will  be  furnished 


40  FLAGS COLORS STANDARDS. 

for  all  occupied  posts  for  use  in  stormy  or  windy  weather.     It  will  also  be  furnished 
to  national  cemeteries  and  recruiting  stations. 

221.  The  flag  of  the  Geneva  Convention,  to  be  used  in  connection  with  the 
national  flag  in  time  of  war  with  a  signatory  of  the  convention,  will  be  as  follows: 

For  general  hospitals,  white  bunting,  9  by  5  feet,  with  a  red  cross  of  bunting  4  feet 
high  and  4  feet  wide  in  the  center;  arms  of  cross  to  be  16  inches  wide. 

For  field  hospitals,  white  bunting,  6  by  4  feet,  with  a  red  cross  of  bunting  3  feet 
high  and  3  feet  wide  in  the  center;  arms  of  cross  to  be  12  inches  wide. 

For  ambulances  and  guidons  to  mark  the  way  to  field  hospitals,  white  bunting,  28 
by  16  inches,  with  a  red  cross  of  bunting  12  inches  high  and  12  inches  wide  in  the 
center;  arms  of  cross  to  be  4  inches  wide. 

222.  BATTALIONS  OF  ENGINEERS. — The  national  color  shall  be  of  silk,  5  feet  6  inches 
fly,  4  feet  4  inches  on  the  pike,  which  shall  be  9  feet  long,  including  spearhead  and 
ferrule;  the  union  to  be  2  feet  6  inches  long,  with  stars  embroidered  in  white  silk 
on  both  sides  of  the  union;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  yellow 
silk  2£  inches  wide;  the  cord  8  feet  6  inches  long,  having  two  tassels  and  composed 
of  red,  white,  and  blue  silk  strands.     The  official  designation  of  the  battalion  to  be 
engraved  on  a  silver  band  placed  on  the  pike.     The  battalion  color  shall  be  of  scarlet 
silk  of  the  same  dimensions  as  the  national  color,  having  embroidered  upon  it  in 
colors  the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States,  of  suitable  size.     Below  the  coat 
of  arms  in  the  middle  shall  be  embroidered,  in  white  silk,  the  insignia  of  the  Corps 

of  Engineers  and  also  an  outlined  scroll  bearing  the  inscription,  " Battalion,  I";  S. 

Engineers;"  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  white  silk>  2J  inches 
wide;  cord  and  tassels  same  size  as  national  color  to  be  of  white  and  scarlet  silk 
strands;  both  sides  of  color  to  be  embroidered  alike. 

223.  ENGINEER  REGIMENTS. — When  engineer  troops  are  organized  into  regiments 
battalion  colors  will  not  be  used,  but  the  following  colors  will  be  used  by  the  regiment: 

The  national  color  shall  be  the  same  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  222,  except  that 
the  inscription  on  the  name  plate  shall  be  " U.  S.  Engineers."  The  regi- 
mental color  shall  be  the  same  as  battalion  color  prescribed  in  paragraph  222,  except 
that  the  inscription  on  the  scroll  shall  be  " U.  S.  Engineers." 

224.  ARTILLERY  CORPS. — The  national  color  shall  be  as  prescribed  in  paragraph 
222,  the  official  designation  of  the  artillery  district  to  be  placed  on  the  silver  band. 

The  corps  color,  of  the  same  dimensions  as  national  color,  shall  be  of  scarlet  silk, 
having  embroidered  upon  it  in  colors  the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States  of 
suitable  size.  Below  the  coat  of  arms,  in  the  middle,  will  be  embroidered  in  yellow 
silk  two  cannons,  crossed;  also  a  scroll  embroidered  in  yellow  silk,  and  bearing 
the  inscription  "U..  S.  Artillery  Corps,"  embroidered  in  red  silk;  the  edges  to  be 
trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  yellow  silk  2^  inches  wide;  cord  and  tassels,  same 
size  as  those  of  national  color,  to  be  of  red  and  yellow  silk  strands.  One  set  of 
national  and  corps  colors  shall  be  issued  to  the  headquarters  of  each  artillery  district. 

225.  INFANTRY  REGIMENTS. — The  national  color  shall  be  as  prescribed  in  para- 
graph 222,  the  official  designation  of  the  regiment  to  be  placed  on  the  silver  band. 

The  regimental  color  of  same  dimensions  as  national  color,  shall  be  of  blue  silk, 
having  embroidered  upon  it  in  colors  the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States  of 
suitable  size.  Below  the  coat  of  "arms  shall  be  placed  a  scroll  embroidered  in  red 

eilk  bearing  the  inscription,  " U.  S.  Infantry,"  embroidered  in  white  silk;  the 

edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  yellow  silk  2£  inches  wide;  cord  and 
tassels  same  size  as  those  of  national  color,  to  be  of  blue  and  white  silk  strands. 

226.  STANDARDS  FOR  CAVALRY  REGIMENTS. — The  national  standard  shall  be  the 
national  flag  of  silk,  4  feet  fly,  and  3  feet  on  the  lance,  which  shall  be  9  feet 
6  inches  long,  including  spearhead  and  ferrule;  the  union  to  be  22  inches  long, 
with  stars  embroidered  in  white  silk  on  both  sides  of  the  union;  the  edges  to  be 
trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  yellow  silk  2£  inches  wide.     The  official  designation 
of  the  regiment  to  be  engraved  on  a  silver  band  placed  on  the  lance. 


SERVICE    COLORS GUIDONS.  41 

The  regimental  standard,  of  same  dimensions  as  the  national  standard,  shall  be  of 
yellow  silk,  having  embroidered  upon  it  in  colors  the  official  coat  of  arms  of  the 
United  States  of  suitable  size.  Below  the  coat  of  arms  shall  be  placed  a  scroll 
embroidered  in  red  silk,  and  bearing  the  inscription  " U.  S.  Cavalry,"  embroid- 
ered in  yellow;  the  edges  to  be  trimmed  with  knotted  fringe  of  yellow  silk  2J  inches 
wide. 

227.  COLORS  AND  STANDARDS. — The  silken  national  and  regimental  colors  or 
standards  shall  be  carried  in  battle,  campaign,  and  on  all  occasions  of  ceremony  at 
regimental  headquarters  in  which  two  or  more  companies  of  the  regiment  participate. 

A  similar  rule  applies  to  the  use  of  the  silken  color  of  the  battalion  of  engineers 
and  of  the  artillery  districts. 

When  not  in  use  as  prescribed  in  this  paragraph,  colors  and  standards  will  be  kept 
in  their  waterproof  cases. 

228.  SERVICE  COLORS  AND  STANDARDS. — A  national  color  made  of  bunting  or  other 
suitable  material,  but  in  all  other  respects  similar  to  the  silken  national  color,  shall 
be  furnished  each  battalion  of  engineers,  each  regiment  of  infantry,  and  each  artil- 
lery district  for  use  at  drills  and  on  marches  and  on  all  service  other  than  battles, 
campaigns,  and  occasions  of  ceremony.     A  standard  of  bunting  of  the  same  dimen- 
sions, and  similar  to  the  silken  national  standard,,  shall  be  furnished,  for  like 
purposes,  to  each  regiment  of  cavalry.     The  official  designation  of  the  regiment, 
battalion,  or  district  to  be  engraved  on  a  silver  band  placed  on  the  pike  or  lance. 

229.  GUIDONS  FOR  CAVALRY. — Each  troop  of  cavalry  will  have  a  silken  guidon, 
cut  swallow-tailed,  15  inches  to  the  fork,  3  feet  5  inches  fly  from  lance  to  end  of 
swallowtail,  and  2  feet  3  inches  on  the  lance,  having  two  horizontal  stripes  each  one- 
half  the  width  of  the  flag,  the  upper  red  and  the  lower  white,  the  red  stripe  having 
on  both  sides  in  the  center  the  number  of  the  regiment  in  white  silk,  and  the  white 
stripe  the  letter  of  the  troop  in  red  silk,  the  letter  and  number  block-shaped,  4£ 
inches  high,  the  lance  1J-  inches  in  diameter  and  9  feet  long,  including  spear  and 
ferrule.     Each  troop  will  also  have  a  service  guidon,  made  of  bunting  or  other  suit- 
able material,  in  shape  and  design  the  same  as  the  silken  guidon;  the  latter  will  be 
used  only  in  battle,  campaign,  or  on  occasions  of  ceremony. 

230.  GUIDONS  FOR  FIELD  ARTILLERY. — Each  battery  of  field  artillery  will  have  a 
guidon  of  scarlet  silk,  dimensions  and  shape  same  as  described  for  cavalry  guidons, 
in  the  center  on  both  sides  of  the  guidon  two  cannon  crossed,  about  14£  inches  in 
length,  with  number  of  battery  below  the  crossed  cannon,  number  of  yellow  silk, 
number  block-shaped,  4£  inches  high,  lance  same  as  for  cavalry  guidon.     This  silken 
guidon  will  be  used  only  in  battle,  campaign,  or  on  occasions  of  ceremony.     Each 
battery  will  also  have  a  service  guidon  of  bunting  or  other  suitable  material,  in  shape 
and  design  the  same  as  the  silken  guidon. 

23O£.  GUIDONS  FOR  ENGINEERS. — Each  mounted  section  of  Engineers  will  have 
a  guidon  of  scarlet  silk,  of  triangular  shape,  4  feet  fly  from  lance  to  apex  of 
triangle,  and  2  feet  3  inches  on  the  lance;  on  both  sides  of  the  guidon  a  castle  about 
14  inches  in  length  and  7  inches  from  lance,  embroidered  in  silver,  with  the  letter 
of  the  company  above  the  center  tower  of  the  castle;  the  letter  embroidered  in 
silver,  block  shaped,  and  4|  inches  high;  the  lance  1^  inches  in  diameter  and  9 
feet  long,  including  spear  and  ferrule.  Each  company  will  also  have  a  service 
guidon,  made  of  bunting  or  other  suitable  material,  in  shape  and  design  the  same 
as  the  silken  guidon. 

231.  Whenever  in  the  opinion  of  a  commanding  officer  the  condition  of  any  silken 
color,  standard,  or  guidon  in  the  possession  of  his  command  has  become  unserviceable, 
a  surveying  officer  will  be  appointed  to  report,  for  the  information  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  its  condition  and  the  necessity  of  supplying  a  new  one.     If  requiring  repair, 
application  to  have  it  placed  in  a  serviceable  condition  should  be  made  to  the 
Quartermaster-General.     Service  colors  and  guidons  will  be  submitted  for  the  action 
of  an  inspector  when  unfit  for  further  use.     Upon  receipt  of  new  silken  colors, 


42  CAMP    COLORS REGIMENTS    AND    BATTALIONS. 

standards,  or  guidons  commanding  officers  will  cause  those  replaced  to  be  numbered 
and  retained  by  the  organization  to  which  they  belong  as  mementos  of  service,  a 
synopsis  of  which,  bearing  the  same  number,  will  be  filed  with  the  records  of  the 
organization. 

232.  Boat  flags  and  pennants  for  the  use  of  officers  of  the  Army  when  making 
official  visits  to  navy  vessels  are  authorized  as  follows: 

FOR  GENERAL  OFFICERS. — A  flag  of  scarlet  bunting,  rectangular  in  shape,  3  feet  hoist 
and  4  feet  9  inches  fly;  the  rank  to  be  indicated  by  white  stars  of  suitable  size  placed 
in  the  center  line  of  the  length  of  the  flag;  for  a  brigadier-general,  one  star;  for  a 
major-general,  two  stars,  and  for  the  Lieutenant-General,  three  stars. 

The  chief  of  artillery  and  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  will  use  the 
general  officer's  flag  with  the  appropriate  number  of  stars. 

FOR  A  POST  COMMANDER. — A  pennant  of  plain  scarlet  bunting,  triangular  in  shape, 
3  feet  hoist  and  3  feet  fly. 

The  truck  of  the  staff  for  general  officers  and  post  commanders  above  the  rank  of 
captain  to  be  a  gilt  ball,  and  for  commanding  officers  of  lower  grade  to  be  flat. 

233.  Camp  colors  to  be  as  described  for  flags,  printed  upon  bunting,  18  by  20 
inches,  on  a  pole  of  ash  8  feet  long  and  1|  inches  in  diameter,  the  butt  end  armed 
with  a  pointed  ferrule. 

234.  No  ensign,  pennon,  streamer,  or  other  banner  of  any  kind,  other  than  the 
flags,  colors,  standards,  pennants,  and  guidons  prescribed  by  the  Army  Regulations 
and  Field  Service  Regulations  will  be  used  by  the  Army,  or  by  any  regiment  or  other 
organization  thereof. 

ARTICLE  XXIX. 

REGIMENTS  AND  BATTALIONS. 

235.  In  the  cavalry  and  infantry  arms  the  regiment  is  the  administrative  unit. 
The  station  of  the  permanent  regimental  commander  is  the  headquarters  of  the  regi- 
ment.    The  command  of  a  regiment  devolves  upon  the  senior  officer  on  duty  with  it 
wherever  he  may  be  stationed.     Wherever  incomplete  battalions  of  the  same  or 
different  regiments  are  serving  together  the  commanding  officer  may  designate  pro- 
visional battalions.     The  battalion  is  a  unit  for  maneuvers  and  instruction;  it  is  not 
an  administrative  unit;  it  has  no  headquarters,  and  when  serving  in  regiment,  no 
records.     When  battalions  are  not  organized  into  regiments,  the  regulations  relating 
to  regiments  will  apply  thereto  when  not  otherwise  specifically  provided. 

236.  A  regimental  commander  should  continually  labor  for  the  instruction  and 
efficiency  of  his  regiment.     He  should  encourage  among  his  officers  harmonious 
relations  and  a  friendly  spirit  of  emulation  in  the  performance  of  duty.     His  timely 
interference  to  prevent  disputes,  his  advice  to  the  inexperienced,  and  immediate 
censure  of  any  conduct  liable  to  produce  dissension  in  the  regiment  or  to  reflect  dis- 
credit upon  it,  are  of  great  importance  in  securing  and  maintaining  its  efficiency.     In 
such  efforts  he  will  receive  the  loyal  support  of  his  subordinates.     He  will  supervise 
the  instruction  of  the  officers  of  his  immediate  command  and  make  an  inspection  of 
such  command  on  the  last  day  of  every  month. 

237.  Each  division  commander  will  announce  in  orders  annually  the  period  of  the 
year  to  be  given  to  practical  instruction  in  drill  and  other  military  exercises,  pre- 
scribing their  character  and  the  time  to  be  devoted  thereto.     He  will  also  designate 
the  period  in  each  year  for  theoretical  instruction,  to  be  conducted  in  accordance 
with  orders  from  the  War  Department.     Each  post  commander  will,  under  the 
direction  of  the  department  commander,  supervise  the  instruction  of  the  officers 
under  his  immediate  command.     Each  company  commander  is  responsible  for  the 
practical  and  theoretical  instruction  of  his  noncommissioned  officers. 

238.  Field  officers  of  the  line  of  the  Army  are  assigned  by  the  department  or 
other  commander  to  stations  or  commands  where  their  services  are  most  required, 


REGIMENTAL    STAFF.  43 

provided  troops  of  their  own  regiments  or  corps  are  serving  there,  and  are  assigned 
to  appropriate  duties  by  the  commanding  officer. 

239.  The  regimental  staff  officers  are  appointed  from  the  captains,  and  consist  of 
the  adjutant,  the  quartermaster,  and  the  commissary,  and  they  will  be  so  designated, 
respectively.     They  are  appointed  by  the  regimental  commander,  who  will  at  once 
report  his  action  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army.    The  battalion  staff  officers  are 
appointed  from  the  lieutenants  and  consist  of  the  adjutant  and  the  quartermaster  and 
commissary,  and  they  will  be  designated  as  the  battalion  (or  squadron)  adjutant  and  as 
battalion  (or  squadron)   quartermaster  and   commissary,    respectively.     They  are 
appointed  by  the  regimental  commander  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  bat- 
talion commander.     When  a  battalion  is  detached  and  serving  at  such  a  distance 
from  regimental  headquarters  that  more  than  fifteen  days  are  required  for  exchange 
of  correspondence  by  mail,  the  battalion  staff  officers  are  appointed  by  the  battalion 
commander,  who  will  immediately  notify  the  regimental  commander  and  The  Mili- 
tary Secretary  of  the  Army.     Appointments  of  staff  officers  will  not  be  antedated 
and  will  take  effect  on  the  day  on  which  actually  made.     The  officer  will  be  entitled 
to  the  pay  pertaining  to  his  appointment  from  the  date  he  enters  upon  duty  under  it. 

240.  The  tour  of  duty  of  a  staff  officer  of  a  regiment,  artillery  district,  or  bat- 
talion not  forming  part  of  a  regiment,  is  limited  to  four  years,  and  having  completed 
a  tour,  an  officer  will  not  be  eligible  for  a  second  tour  until  he  shall  have  served 
two  years  as  a  company  officer.     The  tour  of  duty  of  a  staff  officer  of  a  battalion 
forming  part  of  a  regiment  is  limited  to  two  years,  and  having  completed  a  tour, 
an  officer  will  not  be  eligible  for  a  second  tour  until  he  shall  have  served  two  years 
as  a  company  officer. 

241.  All  staff  appointments  in  a  regiment  are  restricted  to  the  officers  on  duty 
with  it  and  who  are  not  serving  at  a  school  of  instruction.     Should  the  regimental 
commander  desire  to  appoint  an  absent  officer  to  the  regimental  staff  he  may  apply 
for  orders  for  the  absent  officer  to  join,  but  the  officer  must  join  before  the  appoint- 
ment can  be  made. 

242.  The  adjutant,  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding  officer,  will  have 
charge  of  the  various  rosters  of  service;  he  will  make,  publish,  and  verify  all  details, 
keep  the  records  of  the  regiment,  and  perform  such  military  duties  with  troops  as 
are  required  by  regulations.     Through  him  the  commanding  officer  communicates 
with  the  officers  and  men  of  his  command. 

243.  The  adjutant  should  be  courteous  to  and  on  friendly  terms  with  the  officers 
of  the  command  he  represents,  and  will  avoid  all  discussions  of  the  orders  or  military 
conduct  of   his  superiors.     He  should  inform  himself  upon  all  points  of  military 
usage  and  etiquette,  and  on  proper  occasions  aid  with  his  advice  and  experience  the 
subalterns  of   the  regiment,  especially  those  just   entering   the  service.      He  will- 
endeavor  at  all  times  to  exert  the  influence  belonging  to  his  station  in  sustaining  the 
reputation,  discipline,  and  harmony  of  the  command. 

244.  The  adjutant,  quartermaster,  and  commissary  are,  under  the  regimental 
commander,  responsible  for  the  discipline  and  efficiency  of  the  noncommissioned 
staff  and  band. 

245.  The  quartermaster  will  perform  the  duties  of  quartermaster  of  the  regiment 
when  in  the  field,  and  may  be  required  to  perform  the  duties  of  quartermaster  of  the 
post  where  he  is  stationed.     The  commissary  will  perform  the  duties  of  commissary 
of  the  regiment  when  in  the  field,  and  may  be  required  to  perform  the  duties  of  com- 
missary of  the  post  where  he  is  stationed. 

246.  A  regimental  staff  officer  may  be  assigned  to  duty  wtth  a  company  or  to  any 
staff  duty  which  his  regimental  commander  may  impose.     A  battalion  staff  officer  is 
subject  to  any  duty  which  the  commanding  officer  may  impose. 

247.  The  regimental  noncommissioned  staff  officers  consist  of  the  sergeant-major, 
the  quartermaster-sergeant,  commissary-sergeant,  and  two  color-sergeants,  and  are 
appointed  by  the   regimental   commander.     The  battalion  noncommissioned  staff 


44  REGIMENTAL    RECORDS BANDS. 

officers  are  the  battalion  sergeants-major,  and  in  engineer  troops  battalion  quarter- 
master-sergeants. They  are  appointed  by  the  regimental  commander  upon  the 
recommendation  of  the  battalion  commander.  When  a  battalion  is  detached  and 
serving  at  such  a  distance  from  regimental  headquarters  that  more  than  fifteen  days 
are  required  for  exchange  of  correspondence  by  mail,  the  battalion  noncommissioned 
staff  officers  are  appointed  by  the  battalion  commander,  who  will  immediately  notify 
the  regimental  commander.  Each  noncommissioned  staff  officer  will  be  furnished 
with  a  warrant  signed  by  the  officer  making  the  appointment  and  countersigned  by 
the  adjutant.  The  appointment  takes  effect  on  the  day  upon  which  it  is  made,  and 
the  warrant  may  be  continued  in  force  upon  discharge  and  reenlistment,  if  reenlist- 
m'ent  be  made  on  the  day  following  discharge;  each  reenlistment  and  continuance 
will  be  noted  on  the  warrant  by  the  adjutant.  Any  noncommissioned  staff  officer 
may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks  by  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  or  by  order  of  the 
commander  having  authority  to  appoint  such  noncommissioned  officer.  Noncom- 
missioned staff  officers  will  preferably  be  selected  from  the  noncommissioned  officers 
of  the  regiment  most  distinguished  for  efficiency,  gallantry,  and  soldierly  bearing. 

24§.  The  public  property  pertaining  to  the  headquarters  of  the  regiment  will  be 
marked  "H.  Q.,"  with  arm  and  number  of  regiment;  the  equipments  in  possession 
of  the  noncommissioned  staff  and  band  will  be  marked  "N.  C.  S."  and  "Band," 
respectively,  and  with  the  arm  and  number  of  the  regiment  and  the  number  of  the 
man  to  whom  the  articles  are  issued. 

249.  The  following-named  books  and  papers  will  be  kept  in  each  regiment:  An 
order  book,  a  letters-received  book,  with  index,  a  letters-sent  book,  with  index,  a 
regimental  fund  book,  and  a  descriptive  book,  furnished  by  The  Military  Secretary 
of  the  Army;  all  orders,  circulars,  and  instructions  from  higher  authority,  copies  of 
the  monthly  returns,  muster  rolls  of  the  field,  staff,  and  band,  other  regimental 
returns  and  reports,  and  all  correspondence  concerning  the  regiment  or  affecting  its 
personnel. 

Of  the  books  and  papers  herein  referred  to,  the  books  of  letters  received  and  let- 
ters sent,  the  muster  rolls,  the  regimental  monthly  returns  and  all  other  returns  of 
the  personnel  of  the  regiment,  and  the  general  orders  and  circulars  of  the  War 
Department  will  be  permanently  preserved.  Division  and  department  orders, 
except  extracts  of  special  orders,  will,  when  the  regiment  is  relieved  from  duty  in 
the  division  and  department,  be  disposed  of  under  instructions  of  the  division  and 
department  commanders.  The  other  books  and  papers  will  be  kept  for  five  years, 
reckoned  from  the  close  of  the  period  of  their  use  in  case  of  books,  and  from  their 
dates  in  case  of  papers,  when  they  will  be  destroyed  under  direction  of  the  regi- 
mental commander. 

250.  All  orders  and  circulars  from  the  War  Department,  or  from  the  headquarters 
of  an  army,  corps,  division,  brigade,  or  territorial  division  or  department  in  which 
the  regiment  may  be  serving,  will  be  filed  in  book  form,  and  general  orders  and  cir- 
culars indexed  as  soon  as  received. 


251.  The  noncommissioned  officers  of  regimental  bands  will  be  appointed  by  the 
regimental  commanders,  upon  the  recommendation  of  regimental  adjutants,  under 
the  same  conditions  prescribed  in  paragraph  247  for  the  noncommissioned  staff  of 
the  regiment.     The  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  engineer  band  will  be  appointed 
by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  battalion  with  which  the  band  is  serving;  the  non- 
commissioned officers  of  the  artillery  bands  will  be  appointed  by  the  artillery  district 
commander,  or,  if  not  serving  in  an  artillery  district,  by  the  senior  artillery  officer  of 
the  post  at  which  they  are  stationed. 

252.  When  a  regiment  occupies  several  stations  the  band  will  be  kept  at  head- 
quarters, provided  one  or  more  companies  be  serving  there.     The  field  musicians  of 
companies  will  not  be  separated  therefrom.     The  artillery  and  engineer  bands  will 


BANDS TKOOPS,   BATTERIES,    AND    COMPANIES.  45 

be  assigned  to  stations  by  the  War  Department  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
Chiefs  of  Artillery  and  Engineers,  respectively. 

253.  Musical  instruments  mentioned  in  paragraph  1189,  extra  parts  therefor,  and 
equipments  for  bands,  including  the  issue  quarterly  of  one-half  ream  of  music  writ- 
ing paper,  upright,  fourteen  staves,  size  of  paper  10£  by  13J  inches,  and  one-half 
ream  of  music  writing  paper,  oblong,  sixteen  staves,  size  of  paper  13|  by  10£  inches, 
will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department.     Musical  instruments  other 
than  those  above  referred  to  may  be  purchased  from  available  regimental  funds. 
The  quartermaster  will  be  accountable  for  band  instruments  furnished  by  the  Quarter- 
master's Department;  the  adjutant  for  those  purchased  from  the  regimental  fund. 

254.  Regimental  commanders   will  notify  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army 
direct  when  field  or  band  musicians  are  required. 

255.  Commanding  officers  will  require  bands  to  play  national  and  patriotic  airs 
on  appropriate  occasions.     The  playing  of  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  as  a  part  of 
a  medley  is  prohibited. 

ARTICLE  XXX. 
TROOPS,  BATTERIES,  AND  COMPANIES. 

256.  The  details  of  captains  on  detached  service  away  from  their  arm  of  the 
service  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  limited  to  those  required  by  law. 

257.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  company  is  responsible  for  its  appearance,  dis- 
cipline, and  efficiency;  for  the  care  and  preservation  of  its  equipment;  for  the  proper 
performance  of  duties  connected  with  its  subsistence,  pay,  clothing,  accounts,  reports, 
and  returns. 

258.  In  the  absence  of  its  captain,  the  command  of  a  company  devolves  upon  the 
subaltern  next  in  rank  who  is  serving  with  it,  unless  otherwise  specially  directed. 

259.  In  the  absence  of  all  the  officers  of  a  company,  the  post  commander  will 
assign  an  officer,  preferably  of  the  same  regiment,  to  its  command.     If  there  be  no 
officer  available,  the  fact  will  be  reported  to  the  department  commander. 

260.  Captains  will  require  their  lieutenants  to  assist  in  the  performance  of  all 
company  duties,  including  the  keeping  of  records  and  the  preparation  of  the  neces- 
sary reports  and  returns. 

261.  Noncommissioned   officers  will  be  carefully   selected  and  instructed,  and 
always  supported  by  company  commanders  in  the  proper  performance  of  their  duties. 
They  will  not  be  detailed  for  any  duty  nor  permitted  to  engage  in  any  occupation 
inconsistent  with  their  rank  and  position.     Officers  will  be  cautious  in  reproving 
them  in  the  presence  or  hearing  of  private  soldiers. 

262.  Company  noncommissioned  officers  are  appointed  by  regimental  command- 
ers, or  by  battalion  commanders  under  the  conditions  stated  in  paragraph  247,  on 
the  recommendation  of  their  company  commanders;  but  in  no  case  will  any  com- 
pany organization  have  an  excess  of  noncommissioned  officers  above  that  allowed  by 
law.     The  noncommissioned  officers  of  artillery  companies  will,  upon  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  company  commanders,   be  appointed  by  artillery  district  com- 
manders, or  if  not  serving  in  an  artillery  district,  by  the  senior  artillery  officer  of  the 
command. 

263.  To  test  the  capacity  of  privates  for  the  duties  of  noncommissioned  officers 
company  commanders  may  appoint  lance  corporals,  who  will  be  obeyed  and  respected 
as  corporals,  but  no  company  shall  have  more  than  one  lance  corporal  at  a  time, 
unless  there   are    noncommissioned  officers  absent    by  authority,   during  which 
absences  there  may  be  one  for  each  absentee. 

264.  The  captain  will  select  the  first  sergeant,  quartermaster-sergeant,  and  stable 
sergeant  from  the  sergeants  of  his  company,  and  may  return  them  to  the  grade  of 
sergeant  without  reference  to  higher  authority. 

265.  Each  noncommissioned  officer  will  be  furnished  with  a  certificate  or  war- 
rant of  his  rank,  signed  by  the  officer  making  the  appointment,  and  countersigned 


46  NONCOMMISSIONED    OFFICERS COMPANY    BOOKS. 

by  the  adjutant;  but  a  separate  warrant  as  first  sergeant,  quartermaster-sergeant,  or 
stable-sergeant  will  not  be  given.  A  warrant  issued  to  a  noncommissioned  officer  ie 
his  personal  property.  Warrants  need  not  be  renewed  in  cases  of  reenlistrnent  in  the 
same  company,  if  reenlistment  is  made  the  day  following  the  day  of  discharge,  but 
may  remain  in  force  until  vacated  by  promotion  or  reduction,  each  reenlistme  it  and 
continuance  to  be  noted  on  the  warrant  by  the  company  commander. 

266.  Appointments  of  company  noncommissioned  officers  will  take  effect  on  the 
day  of  appointment  by  the  authorized  commander,  and  of  first  sergeants,  quarter- 
master-sergeants, stable-sergeants,  cooks,  artificers,  farriers  and  blacksmiths,  mechan- 
ics, saddlers,  wagoners,  musicians,  trumpeters,  and  first-class  privates  on  the  day  ol 
appointment  by  the  company  commander;   but  in  case  of  vacancy  in  a  company 
absent  from  regimental  headquarters,  a  company  commander  may  make  a  temporary 
appointment  of  a  noncommissioned  officer,  which,  if  approved  by  the  regimental 
commander,  will  carry  rank  and  pay  from  the  date  of  such  appointment. 

267.  A  noncommissioned  officer  may  be  reduced  to  the  ranks  by  sentence  of  a 
court-martial,  or  on  the  recommendation  of  the  company  commander,  by  the  ordei 
of  the  commander  having  authority  to  appoint  such  noncommissioned  officer,  but  a 
noncommissioned  officer  will  not  be  reduced  because  of  absence  on  account  of  sick- 
ness or  injury  contracted  in  the  line  of  duty.     If  reduced  to  the  ranks  by  sentence  oJ 
court-martial  at  a  post  not  the  headquarters  of  his  regiment,  the  company  commandi'i 
will  forward  a  transcript  of  the  order  to  the  regimental  commander.     The  transfer  oi 
a  noncommissioned  officer  from  one  organization  to  another  carries  with  it  reduction 
to  the  ranks  unless  otherwise  specified  in  the  order  by  authority  competent  to  issue  a 
new  warrant. 

26 8.  When    a    noncommissioned    officer,   while    in    arrest  or  confinement,   is 
reduced  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  the  date  of  the  order  publishing  the  sentence 
is  the  date  of  reduction.     In  all  other  cases  reduction  takes  effect  on  the  date  ol 
receipt  of  the  order  at  the  soldier's  station. 

The  desertion  of  a  noncommissioned  officer  vacates  his  position  from  the  date  oJ 
his  unauthorized  absence. 

269.  Cooks,  farriers  and  blacksmiths,  mechanics,  artificers,  saddlers,  wagoners, 
musicians,  trumpeters,  and  first-class  privates  are  enlisted  as  privates,  and  after  join- 
ing their  companies  are  appointed  by  their  respective  company  commanders;  foi 
inefficiency  or  misconduct  they  are  subject  to  reduction  by  the  same  authority. 

270.  A  soldier  may,  when  necessary,  be  relieved  from  ordinary  military  duty  tc 
make,  repair,  or  alter  uniforms.     The  post  council  will  fix  the  rates  to  be  charged, 
which  will  not  exceed  the  cost  of  doing  such  work  at  the  clothing  depot,  and  com- 
pany commanders  will  cause  to  be  deducted  from  the  pay  of  enlisted  men  and  turned 
over  to  the  proper  person  the  amount  properly  due  therefor.     The  provisions  of  this 
paragraph  will  be  construed  to  apply  to  civilian  tailors,  who  conform  to  prices  fixed 
by  post  council,  as  well  as  to  enlisted  men  detailed  for  that  duty  by  proper  authority. 

271.  The  following-named  books  and  papers  will  be  kept  in  each  company:  An 
order  book,  a  book  of  letters  received,  with  index,  a  book  of  letters  sent,  with  index, 
a  company  council  book,  a  sick  report  book,  a  morning  report  book;  in  companies 
supplied  with  public  animals,  a  descriptive  book  of  public  animals.     These  books 
will  be  furnished  by  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 

There  will  also  be  kept  the  complete  record,  description,  and  accounts  of  all  men 
belonging  or  who  have  belonged  to  the  company,  on  blanks  supplied  by  The  Military 
Secretary  for  that  purpose.  A  record  of  vaccinations  will  be  kept  on  these  blanks. 

There  will  also  be  kept  orders  and  instructions  received  from  higher  authority, 
retained  copies  of  the  various  rolls,  reports,  and  returns,  required  by  regulations  and 
orders,  and  all  letters  and  correspondence  affecting  the  personnel  of  the  company. 

Where  copies  of  orders  affecting  the  company  are  not  supplied,  they  will,  if  prac- 
ticable, be  copied  in  the  company  order  book  and  attested  by  the  adjutant. 


INTERIOR  ECONOMY  OF  COMPANIES.  47 

272.  There  will  also  be  kept  in  each  company  or  detachment  retained  copies  of 
all  returns  of  property  pertaining  to  the  company  and  full  information  respecting  all 
quartermaster's  supplies,    showing  list  of    articles,    date  of    receipt,    from  whom 
received,  and  name  of  officer  who  signed  memorandum  receipt  therefor;  also  an 
account  of  all  articles  turned  in,  expended,  stolen,  lost,  or  destroyed;  and  the  com- 
pany or  detachment  commander  will  quarterly,  and  when  relinquishing  his  command, 
have  a  settlement  with  the  quartermaster. 

Of  the  books  and  papers  referred  to  in  this  and  the  preceding  paragraph,  the 
books  of  letters  received  and  letters  sent,  the  records  of  enlisted  men  as  kept  in 
descriptive  and  deposit  books  or  on  loose  leaves,  the  muster  rolls,  the  monthly 
returns  and  all  other  returns  of  the  personnel,  and  the  general  orders  and  circulars 
of  the  War  Department  will  be  permanently  preserved.  Division  and  department 
orders,  except  extracts  of  special  orders,  will,  when  the  company  is  relieved  from 
duty  in  the  division  and  department,  be  disposed  of  under  instructions  of  the  divis- 
ion and  department  commanders.  The  other  books  and  papers  will  be  kept  for  five 
years,  reckoned  from  the  close  of  the  period  of  their  use  in  case  of  books,  and  from 
their  dates  in  case  of  papers,  when  they  will  be  destroyed  under  direction  of  the 
commanding  officer. 

273.  The  duty  roster  will  be  kept  in  each  company  on  blanks  furnished  by  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army;  used  blanks  will  be  held  for  one  year  and  then 
destroyed. 

INTERIOR   ECONOMY   OF   COMPANIES. 

274.  Company,  band,  and  detachment  commanders  will  make  a  complete  inspec- 
tion of  their  organizations  under  arms  every  Saturday.     They  will  also  make  a  daily 
inspection  of  the  men's  quarters  and  kitchens,  giving  particular  attention  to  cleanli- 
ness and  the  proper  preparation  of  food,  and  noting  whether  all  lamps  in  use  have 
been  cleaned,  filled,  and  made  ready  for  lighting,  before  dark.     No  one  will  be 
excused  from  Saturday  inspection  except  the  guard  and  the  sick  in  hospital.     Cav- 
alry and  field  artillery  will  habitually  be  inspected  mounted. 

275.  The  company  commander  will  cause  the  enlisted  men  of  the  company  to  be 
numbered  and  divided  into  squads,  each  under  the  charge  of  a  noncommissioned 
officer.     As  far  as  practicable  the  men  of  each  squad  will  be  quartered  together. 

276.  In  quarters  the  name  of  each  soldier  will  be  attached  to  his  bunk,  arms  will 
be  kept  in  racks,  and  accouterments  and  sabers  will  be  hung  up  by  the  belts. 

277.  Strict  attention  will  be  paid  by  company  commanders  to  the  cleanliness  of 
the  men  and  to  the  police  of  barracks  or  tents.     The  men  will  be  required  to  bathe 
frequently.     The  hair  will  be  kept  short  and  the  beard  neatly  trimmed.     Soiled 
clothing  will  be  kept  in  the  barrack  bag. 

27§.  A  thorough  police  of  barracks  will  precede  the  Saturday  inspection.  The 
chiefs  of  squads  will  see  that  bunks  and  bedding  are  overhauled,  floors,  tables,  and 
benches  scoured,  arms  and  accouterments  cleaned,  and  all  leather  articles  polished. 

279.  Chiefs  of  squads  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  cleanliness  of  their  men. 
They  will  see  that  those  who  are  to  go  on  duty  put  their  arms,  accouterments,  and 
clothing  in  the  best  order,  and  that  such  as  have  passes  leave  the  post  in  proper  dress. 

2§O.  Soldiers  will  wear  uniform  in  camp  and  garrison.  When  on  fatigue  they 
will  wear  suitable  fatigue  dress. 

2§1.  Company  commanders  will  see  that  all  public  property  in  the  possession  of 
enlisted  men  is  kept  in  good  order,  and  that  missing  or  damaged  articles  are  duly 
accounted  for. 

282.  Company  commanders  are  responsible  for  text-books  and  other  official 
publications  issued  for  the  use  of  their  companies. 

2§3.  Enlisted  men  will  not  take  their  arms  apart  except  by  permission  of  a  com- 
missioned officer  under  proper  supervision,  and  only  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  the 


48  INTERIOR    ECONOMY MESSING    AND    COOKING. 

descriptive  pamphlet  of  the  arm  issued  by  the  Ordnance  Department.  The  polish- 
ing of  blued  or  browned  parts  of  small  arms,  reblueing  or  rebrowning,  putting  any 
portion  of  an  arm  in  a  fire,  or  removing  a  receiver  from  a  barrel,  is  prohibited. 
The  mutilation  of  any  part  by  filing  or  otherwise,  and  attempts  to  beautify  or  change 
the  finish,  are  prohibited.  Pieces  will  be  unloaded  before  being  taken  to  quarters  or 
tents,  and  as  soon  as  the  men  using  them  are  relieved  from  duty,  unless  otherwise 
ordered.  The  use  of  tompions  in  small  arms  is  forbidden.  The  prohibition  in 
this  paragraph  of  attempts  to  beautify  or  change  the  finish  of  arms  in  the  hands 
of  enlisted  men  is  not  construed  as  forbidding  the  application  of  raw  linseed  oil  to 
the  wood  parts  of  the  arms.  This  oil  is  considered  necessary  for  the  preservation 
of  the  wood,  and  it  may  be  used  for  such  polishing  as  can  be  given  by  rubbing  in 
one  or  more  coats  when  necessary.  The  use  of  raw  linseed  oil  only  will  be  allowed 
for  redressing,  and  the  application  for  such  purpose  of  any  kind  of  wax  or  varnish, 
including  heelball,  is  strictly  prohibited. 

284.  It  is  forbidden  to  use  any  dressing  or  polishing  material  on  the  leather 
accouterments  or  equipments  of  the  soldier,  the  horse  equipments  for  cavalry,  or  the 
artillery  harness,  except  the  preparations  supplied  by  the  Ordnance  Department  for 
that  purpose. 

2§5.  Equipments  will  be  fitted  to  the  men  under  the  direction  of  an  officer;  all 
other  changes  are  prohibited. 

2§6.  Articles  of  public  property  issued  to  a  company  for  its  exclusive  use  will, 
when  practicable,  be  marked  with  the  letter  or  number  of  the  company  and  number 
and  arm  of  the  regiment.  Such  articles  issued  to  an  enlisted  man  (arms  and  cloth- 
ing excepted)  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  marked  with  the  number  of  the  man,  let- 
ter or  number  of  the  company,  and  number  of  the  regiment.  Haversacks,  canteens, 
and  similar  articles  of  equipment  will  be  uniformly  marked  on  the  outside,  as  follows: 
Cavalry,  crossed  sabers  with  letter  of  company  above  and  number  of  regiment  below 
the  intersection;  infantry,  crossed  rifles  with  letter  of  company  above  and  number 
of  regiment  below  the  intersection;  artillery,  crossed  cannons  with  the  number  of  the 
company  or  battery  at  the  intersection  of  the  cannons;  the  special  corps  of  the  Army, 
according  to  their  respective  devices.  The  design  will  be  stenciled  in  black,  the 
letters  and  numbers  in  full-faced  characters.  The  design  will  be  placed  above  the 
letters  "  U.  S."  on  equipments,  and  the  soldier's  number  in  characters  one  inch  high 
below  the  letters  "U,  S."  Articles  will  not  be  marked  with  the  number  of  the  man 
in  the  Hospital  and  Signal  Corps. 

MESSING   AND   COOKING. 

2§T.  In  camp  or  barracks  where  companies  are  not  joined  in  a  general  mess  the 
company  commander  will  supervise  the  cooking  and  messing  of  his  men.  He  will 
see  that  his  company  is  provided  with  at  least  two  copies  of  the  Manual  for  Army 
Cooks,  and  that  suitable  men  in  sufficient  numbers  are  fully  instructed  in  managing 
and  cooking  the  ration  in  the  field;  also  that  necessary  utensils  and  implements  for 
cooking  both  in  garrison  and  field  in  serviceable  condition  are  always  on  hand, 
together  with  the  field  mess  furniture  for  each  man.  At  a  post  where  all  the  com- 
panies are  joined  in  a  general  mess  the  post  commander  will  see  that  the  instruction 
above  mentioned  is  given.  At  such  a  post  a  company  commander  will  confine  his 
supervision  of  the  mess  of  his  company  to  observation  and  to  notifying  the  officer 
in  charge  in  writing  of  anything  requiring  remedy.  Should  this  officer  fail  to  apply 
proper  remedy,  report  may  then  be  made  to  the  post  commander.  A  department 
commander  will  see  that  each  company  of  his  command  has  the  necessary  field 
practice  each  year. 

2§§.  Kitchens  will  be  placed  under  the  immediate  charge  of  noncommissioned 
officers,  who  will  be  held  responsible  for  their  condition  and  for  the  proper  use  of 
rations.  No  one  will  be  allowed  to  visit  or  remain  in  the  kitchen  except  thoso  who 


MESSING   AND    COOKING THE    ARTILLERY    CORPS.  49 

go  there  on  duty,  or  are  employed  therein.     The  greatest  care  will  be  observed  in 
cleaning  and  scouring  cooking  utensils. 

289.  Special  regulations  for  soldiers'  fare  can  not  be  made  to  suit  each  locality 
and  circumstance.     Personal  care  and  judgment  on  the  part  of  company  officers  are 
relied  on  to  prevent  waste  or  misuse.     By  due  economy  some  part  of  the  ration  can 
be  saved  and  sold,  and  the  proceeds  applied  to  provide  additional  articles  of  diet. 

290.  The  Manual  for  Army  Cooks  contains  comprehensive  instructions  in  cook- 
ing, which  will  be  observed  as  far  as  practicable. 

291.  The  food  of  prisoners  will  be  sent  to  their  places  of  confinement  when  prac- 
ticable, but  post  commanders  may  arrange  to  send  prisoners,  under  proper  guard,  to 
their  messes. 

292.  Kitchen  and  table  ware  and  mess  furniture  will  be  supplied  by  the  Quarter- 
master's Department.     Allowances  will  be  announced  in  orders.     Post  commanders 
will  enforce  rigid  economy  in  regard  to  such  property.     Articles  broken,  lost,  or 
damaged  will  be  charged  to  individuals  at  fault.     Such  proportions  of  company 
allowances  of  fuel,  illuminating  supplies,  brooms,  and  scrubbing  brushes  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  service  of  a  general  mess  will  be  allotted  by  the  post  commander. 

293.  In  the  field  the  mess  furniture  of  a  soldier  will  be  limited  to  one  tin  cup, 
knife,  fork,  and  spoon,  and  such  device  for  individual  cooking  as  may  be  furnished 
by  the  Ordnance  Department. 

ARTICLE  XXXI. 

THE  ARTILLERY  CORPS. 
THE  CHIEF  OF  ARTILLERY. 

294.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Artillery  to  keep  the  War  Department 
advised  at  all  times  of  the  efficiency  of  the  personnel  and  materiel  of  the  artillery, 
and  he  shall,  as  circumstances  require,  make  such  recommendations  in  reference 
thereto  as  shall  in  his  judgment  tend  to  promote  efficiency. 

2.  He  shall  from  time  to  time,  and  as  frequently  as  conditions  require,  confer 
directly  with  the  Chief  of   Engineers,  the  Chief  of   Ordnance,  the  Chief   Signal 
Officer,  and  the  Quartermaster-General,  and  advise  them  of  all  matters  relating  to 
the  character  and  preparation  of  artillery  materiel  which  the  experience  and  obser- 
vation of  the  artillery  arm  of  the  service  show  to  be  of  practical  importance. 

3.  He  shall  make  recommendations  as  to  the  instruction  of  artillery  officers  and 
men,  and  as  to  examinations  for  appointment  and  transfer  of  officers  to  the  artillery 
arm  and  for  promotion  therein,  and  shall  recommend  such  examinations  and  such 
courses  and  methods  of  instruction  in  the  artillery  school  and  elsewhere  as  he  shall 
deem  requisite  to  secure  a  thoroughly  trained  and  educated  force. 

4.  He  shall  recommend  officers  for  duty  in  coast  or  field  artillery  according  to 
special  aptitude  and  fitness,  and  is  charged  generally  with  the  recommendation  of 
officers  of  artillery  for  special  duty  and  assignment  to  artillery  organizations  and 
stations. 

5.  He  shall  be  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Ordnance  and  Fortification  and  is  by  law 
a  member  of  the  General  Staff  Corps. 

6.  The  office  of  the  Chief  of  Artillery  will  not  be  an  office  of  record;  action  taken 
therein  will  be  recorded  in  The  Military  Secretary's  Office. 

7.  Nothing  in  these  regulations  shall  be  deemed  to  relieve  the  commanders  of  the 
several  military  divisions  and  departments  of  the  duties  of  inspection  and  command, 
or  of  responsibility  for  the  condition  and  efficiency  of  the  materiel  and  personnel 
of  the  artillery  in  their  several  divisions  and  departments  as  now  provided  by  regula- 
tions. 

295.  The  Artillery  Corps  comprises  two  branches,  the  coast  artillery  and  the  field 
artillery. 

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50  COAST   ARTILLERY FIELD    ARTILLERY. 

THE   COAST   ARTILLERY. 

296.  In  the  coast  artillery  the  artillery  district  is  an  administrative  unit,  consist- 
ing of  one  or  more  forts  with  their  accompanying  mine  fields  and  land  defenses. 
Artillery  districts  are  established,  their  limits  defined,  and  their  headquarters  desig- 
nated in  orders  from  the  War  Department. 

The  command  of  an  artillery  district  devolves  upon  the  senior  artillery  officer 
therein,  who  is  responsible  for  its  efficiency,  to  division  and  department  commanders 
and  subject  to  their  authority,  and  has  control  within  the  limits  of  the  district  of  all 
matters  relating  to  artillery  instruction,  drill,  practice,  and  the  procurement  of 
artillery  supplies  and  accessories.  .  He  will  prescribe  the  hours  of  drill  and  instruction 
throughout  the  district. 

297.  All  correspondence  and  reports  relating  to  artillery  personnel  or  materiel 
will  pass  through  artillery  district  headquarters. 

298.  The  commander  of  an  artillery  district  or  battalion  of  field  artillery  should 
continually  labor  for  the  instruction  and  efficiency  of  his  command.     He  should 
encourage  among  his  officers  harmonious  relations  and  a  friendly  spirit  of  emulation 
in  the  performance  of  duty.     His  timely  interference  to  prevent  disputes,  his  advice 
to  the  inexperienced,  and  immediate  censure  of  any  conduct  liable  to  produce  dis- 
sension in  his  command,  or  to  reflect  discredit  upon  it,  are  of  great  importance  in 
securing  and  maintaining  its  efficiency.     In  such  efforts  he  will  receive  the  loyal 
support  of  his  subordinates. 

299.  The  artillery  district  staff  consists  of  the  adjutant,  the  quartermaster,  the 
ordnance  officer,  and  the  artillery  engineer.     They  are  appointed  from  the  officers 
serving  in  the  district  by  the  artillery  district  commander,  who  will  confine  his 
selection  to  the  allowance  published  from  time  to  time  in  orders  from  the  Wai- 
Department.      Should  the  officers  selected  be  assigned  to  companies,  application 
will  be  made  for  their  transfer  to  the  unassigned  list.     The  names  of  the  officers 
selected  and  any  change  in  the  officers  on  these  duties  will  be  promptly  reported  to 
The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 

300.  The  artillery  district  adjutant  is,  under  the  artillery  district  commander, 
responsible  for  the  discipline  and  efficiency  of  the  artillery  noncommissioned  staff 
and  band  assigned  to  artillery  district  headquarters. 

Master  electricians  and  electrician  sergeants  are  under  the  supervision  of  the  artil- 
lery engineer  of  the  artillery  district  or  post  to  which  assigned. 

An  artillery  district  staff  officer  may  be  attached  for  duty  with  a  company  or 
assigned  to  any  staff  duty  by  the  district  commander. 

301.  The  artillery  district  records  consist  of  an  order  book;  a  letters-received 
book,  with  index;   a  letters-sent  book,  with  index;  all  orders,  circulars  and  instruc- 
tions from  higher  authority;  all  correspondence,  returns  and  reports  concerning  the 
district  or  affecting  its  personnel. 

THE   FIELD   ARTILLERY. 

302.  In  the  field  artillery  the  administrative  unit  is  the  battalion,  consisting  of 
two  or  more  batteries  and  such  field  officers  and  veterinarians,  as  may  be  assigned  in 
orders,  and  the  staff  and  noncommissioned  staff  as  hereinafter  provided. 

303.  The  staff  of  a  battalion  of  field  artillery  consists  of  an  adjutant,  and  a  quar- 
termaster and  commissary,  who  are  appointed  from  the  officers  serving  in  the  bat- 
talion.    Battalion  commanders  will  confine,  their  selection  to  the  allowance  published 
from  time  to  time  in  orders  from  the  War  Department.     Should  the  officers  selected 
be  assigned  to  batteries,  application  will  be  made  for  their  transfer  to  the  unassigned 
list.     The  names  of  the  officers  selected,  and  any  change  in  the  officers  on  these 
duties,  will  be  promptly  reported  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 


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304.  The  noncommissioned  staff  of  a  battalion  of  field  artillery  consists  of  a  ser- 
geant-major, senior  or  junior  grade,  artillery  corps. 

305.  When  no  allowance  of  unassigned  officers  or  sergeants-major  is  made  to  a 
battalion  of  field  artillery  the  commanding  officer  thereof  will  detail  as  adjutant  a 
lieutenant  belonging  to  one  of  the  batteries  under  his  command,  who  will  act  also  as 
quartermaster  and  commissary  when  the  command  takes  the  field,  and  as  acting 
sergeant-major,  junior  grade,  a  noncommissioned  officer  of  one  of  the  batteries. 

NONCOMMISSIONED   STAFF   OFFICERS. 

306.  The  artillery  noncommissioned  staff  officers  consist  of  sergeants-major,  senior 
grade,  and  sergeants-major,  junior  grade.     They  are  appointed  upon  the  recommen- 
dation of  the  Chief  of  Artillery  after  due  examination  under  rules  announced  from 
time  to  time  by  the  War  Department.     Each  sergeant-major  will  be  furnished  with  a 
warrant  signed  by  the  Chief  of  Artillery.     The  appointment  takes  effect  on  the  day 
upon  which  it  is  made  and  the  warrant  may  be  continued  in  force  upon  discharge 
and  reenlistment,  if  reenlistment  be  made  on  the  day  folio  wing  discharge;  each  reen- 
listment  and  continuance  will  be  noted  on  the  warrant  by  the  artillery  commander, 
and  the  Chief  of  Artillery  will  be  informed  of  the  fact.     Any  sergeant-major  may  be 
reduced  to  the  ranks  by  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  or  upon  recommendation  of 
the  artillery  commander,  approved  by  the  Chief  of  Artillery. 

ARTILLERY    PRACTICE. 

307.  The  details  of  the  methods  of  conducting  the  technical  instruction  of 
artillery  troops,  target  practice  with  coast  and  field  artillery,  and  the  artillery  com- 
petitions will  be  prescribed  in  orders  and  instructions  from  the  War  Department. 

3O§.  All  officers  of  artillery  will  be  encouraged  to  submit,  through  proper  chan- 
nels, suggestions  and  devices  for  improving  prescribed  methods.  Changes  affecting 
the  authorized  Manual  of  Coast  Artillery  will  be  published  in  Artillery  Memoranda 
from  the  War  Department. 

309.  The  allowance  of  ammunition  for  the  instruction  of  the  coast  and  field 
artillery  and  for  practice  with  machine  guns  will  be  determined  each  year  and 
announced  in  general  orders  from  the  War  Department. 

310.  Targets  and  target  material  for  artillery  practice  will  be  provided  by  the 
Ordnance  Department.     The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  furnish  all  necessary 
assistance  in  placing,  removing,  and  storing  targets. 

311.  In  addition  to  such  reports  as  maybe  required  by  instructions  and  orders 
governing  artillery  practice  the  commanding  officer  of  a  post,  battery,  or  company 
will  for\vard  through  the  ordnance  officer  of  the  department,  for  the  information  of 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  on  forms  supplied  by  the  Ordnance  Department,  a  report  of 
each  shot  fired  in  practice,  instruction,  and  active  service. 

ARTICLE  XXXII. 

COUNCILS  OF  ADMINISTRATION. 

312.  Post,  post  exchange,  company,  and  mess  councils  of  administration  are 
assembled  to  audit  the  bakery,  exchange,  company,  and  mess  funds,  respectively,  to 
ascertain  and  examine  the  sources  from  which  and  methods  by  which  they  have 
accrued,  and  to  recommend  expenditures  therefrom.     Post  councils  are  also  called  to 
deliberate  upon  and  recommend  action,  within  the  limits  allowed  by  regulations, 
upon  such  subjects  affecting  the  welfare  and  economy  of  the  post  as  commanding 
officers  may  submit  to  them.     The  post  treasurer,  post  exchange  officer,  and  company 
commanders  are,  respectively,  the  custodians  of  the  bakery,  exchange,  and  company 
funds. 


52  COUNCILS    OF    ADMINISTRATION FUNDS. 

313.  On  the  last  day  of  each  quarter,  and  when  necessary,  the  post  and  general 
mess  councils  will  be  convened  by  the  post  commander,  and  the  company  council  by 
the  company  commander.     The  post  exchange  council  will  meet  at  the  end  of  every 
month;  the  mess  and  exchange  councils  will  also  meet  at  the  call  of  their  presidents. 
The  post  council  will  consist  of  the  three  officers  on  duty  at  the  post  next  in  rank  to 
the  commander,  or  of  as  many  as  are  available,  if  less  than-three.     If  only  the  com- 
manding officer  be  present,  he  will  act.     The  post  exchange  council  will  consist  of 
three  officers,  viz,  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  exchange  and  two  company  com- 
manders detailed  by  roster,  or,  when  this  is  impracticable,  the  exchange  council  will 
be  constituted  as  prescribed  for  the  post  council.     The  company  council  will  consist 
of  all  officers  present  for  duty  with  the  company,  and  the  mess  council  of  the  com- 
manders of  the  several  companies  participating  in  the  general  mess.    The  council  to 
audit  the  hospital  fund  will  consist  of  the  three  senior  officers  on  duty  at  the  hospital 
or  as  many  as  are  available  if  less  than  three. 

314.  The  junior  member  of  each  council  will  record  its  proceedings  in  an  appro- 
priate book,  to  include  a  written  certificate  of  the  responsible  officer  that  the  funds 
are  on  deposit  in  a  reputable  banking  institution  named  in  the  certificate,  or  a  state- 
ment that  they  have  been  exhibited  to  the  council,  which  proceedings  will  be  signed 
by  the  president  and  recorder.     The  post  or  other  commander  will  require  the  pro- 
ceedings to  be  kept  as  this  regulation  prescribes  and  will  decide  disagreements  in 
those  of  company  councils.     Those  of  the  post,  exchange,  and  mess  councils  will  be 
submitted  to  the  post  or  other  commander,  who  will  sign  his  approval  or  objection 
in  the  council  book.     Should  the  post  or  other  commander  disapprove  the  proceed- 
ings, and  the  council,  after  reconsideration,  adhere  to  its  conclusions,  a  copy  of  the 
proceedings  will  be  sent  by  the  commanding  officer  to  the  department  commander, 
whose  decision  thereon  will  be  final.     The  final  orders  in  each  case  will  be  entered 
in  the  council  book. 

315.  The  post  council  will  fix  laundry  charges,  and  prices  charged  by  tradesmen 
for  making  and  repairing  uniforms  of  enlisted  men. 

'316.  The  commanding  officer  who  approves  the  appropriations  of  a  council,  and 
in  the  matter  of  the  company  fund  the  company  commander,  will  be  held  responsible 
for  all  expenditures  not  made  in  accordance  with  regulations. 

317.  Incase  of  loss  of  regimental,  bakery,  exchange,  company,  or  mess  funds, 
the  circumstances  will  be  carefully  investigated  and  reported  by  the  post  council, 
with  recommendation  as  to  responsibility,  for  the  decision  of  the  department  com- 
mander. 

ARTICLE  XXXIII. 

REGIMENTAL,  BAKERY,  COMPANY,  AND  MESS  FUNDS. 
GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

318.  The  purchase  from   regimental,  bakery,  company,  or  mess  funds  of  any 
article  which  can  be  obtained  on  requisition  from  a  supply  department  is  forbidden. 

319.  No  projects  by  which  money  will  accrue  will  be  entered  upon  under  color 
of  military  control  without  specific  authority  from  the  War  Department. 

320.  Company,  post  exchange,  bakery,  and  other  funds  authorized  by  paragraph 
312  will,  if  deposited  in  bank,  be  placed  under  their  official  designation,  as,  for  exam- 
ple, Company  Fund,  Company  B,  Twenty-first  Infantry,  and  not  to  the  credit  of  the 
officer  who  is  custodian. 

REGIMENTAL   FUND. 

321.  This  fund  consists  of  the  gross  amounts  received  on  account  of  the  band, 
from  post  exchange  profits,  voluntary  contributions,  amounts  retained  for  regimental 
use  from  proceeds  of  private  engagements  of  the  band,  from  sale  of  articles  purchased, 


FUNDS.  53 

or  from  any  other  source.  The  adjutant  will  be  the  treasurer  of  the  fund,  and  will 
disburse  it  under  the  direction  of  the  regimental  commander  for  the  promotion  of 
the  efficiency  of  the  band  and  for  such  objects  as  facilitate  the  transaction  of  regi- 
mental business.  A  record  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures  and  a  complete  list  of 
property  purchased  will  be  kept  in  the  regimental  fund  book. 

322.  In  artillery  commands  to  which  bands  are  assigned  the  corresponding  fund 
will  be  designated  "The  Band  Fund,"  and  will  in  all  particulars  be  governed  by  the 
same  rules  as  regimental  funds,  except  that  all  funds,  property,  and  records  pertain- 
ing to  this  fund  are  transferred  with  the  bands.     The  senior  artillery  officer  of  the 
command  and  his  adjutant  perform  the  duties  prescribed  for  regimental  commander 
and  adjutant,  respectively,  in  case  of  regimental  funds.     This  fund  will  be  kept  dis-. 
tinct  from  the  company  fund  of  the  band,  authorized  by  paragraph  327. 

BAKERY    FUND. 

323.  The  usual  ration  of  bread  is  eighteen  ounces,  but  the  weight  of  it  may  be 
increased  within  the  limits  of  the  flour  ration,  at  the  discretion  of  the  commanding 
officer,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  post  council  of  administration.     Such  portion 
of  the  flour  as  the  company  commander  deems  necessary  for  food  in  other  forms  than 
bread — not  exceeding  two  ounces  per  ration — may  be  drawn  by  the  company.     The 
remainder  will  be  turned  into  the  post  bakery,  and  for  each  ration  of  flour  thus 
turned  in  the  company  is  entitled  to  one  ration  of  bread  or  the  price  of  one  flour  ration. 
Savings  on  the  flour  ration,  ordinarily  thirty-three  per  cent,  will  be  disposed  of  by  the 
post  treasurer  for  the  benefit  of  the  troops;  bread  may  be  baked  from  it  for  sale  to 
civilian  employees  and  others  connected  with  the  military  service  at  the  post,  and 
to  post  exchanges;  the  residue  of  the  flour  will  be  sold.     At  the  end  of  every  quarter 
the  post  council  will  make  an  equitable  distribution  of  the  money  savings  of  the 
bakery,  and  this  action,  when  approved  by  the  post  commander,  will  be  final.     Sur- 
plus bread  will  be  sold  only  by  the  bakery.     When  enlisted  men  or  others  entitled 
to  rations  are  allowed  to  mess  separately  from  companies  or  organizations,  they  will 
not,  when  flour  is  issued  to  them  by  the  Subsistence  Department,  be  required  to  turn 
it  into  the  post  bakery,  if  they  prefer  the  ration  of  flour  to  the  ration  of  bread  issued 
therefrom,  but  they  will  not  be  entitled  to  any  share  of  the  bakery  profits.     The  sav- 
ings of  flour  by  troops  in  the  field  will  be  credited  to  the  company  fund. 

324.  The  bakery  fund  will  be  under  the  supervision  of  the  post  council,  and  will 
be  collected  and  held  by  the  officer  appointed  post  treasurer  by  the  post  commander. 

325.  The  post  treasurer  will  open  an  account  with  the  bakery  fund,  and  will  make 
payments  therefrom  in  pursuance  of  specific  appropriations  by  the  post  council, 
approved  by  the  post  commander.     The  account  will  at  all  times  be  subject  to  the 
post  commander's  inspection. 

326.  When  an  officer  is  relieved  from  duty  as  post  treasurer,  his  accounts  will  be 
audited  by  the  post  council. 

COMPANY    AND    MESS    FUNDS. 

327.  The  company  fund,  which  will   consist  of  the  gross  amounts  of  money 
received  from  all  sources,  is  received  by  the  company  commander  and,  with  the 
concurrence  of  the  company  council,  is  disbursed  by  him  solely  for  the  benefit  of 
the  company.     Articles  of  the  established  ration   purchased  with  company  funds 
will  be  purchased  from  the  commissary,  if  practicable.     The  fund  of  the  hospital,  or 
of  a  detachment  or  band  having  a  separate  mess,  is  regarded  as  a  company  fund. 
Moneys  accruing  to  the  fund  of  a  detachment  of  the  Hospital  Corps,  together  with 
the  proceeds  from  the  savings  of  the  rations  of  the  sick  in  hospital,  belong  to  the 
hospital  fund. 

32§.  The  company  commander  will  keep  an  account  of  the  company  fund,  which 
will  be  subject  to  inspection  by  the  commander  of  the  post  and  regiment  and  mem- 


54  BAKEKIES LIBRARIES,   READING-    ROOMS,  ETC. 

bers  of  the  company  council,  and  will  be  inspected  at  least  once  each  six  months  by 
the  regimental  commander,  or  by  the  post  commander  when  the  company  is  not  at 
regimental  headquarters. 

329.  Extra  compensation  may  be  paid  to  enlisted  men  from  company  or  general 
mess  funds  as  follows:  From  a  company  fund,  twenty-five  cents  per  day  to  the  head 
cook;  from  a  general  mess  fund,  not  exceeding  two  dollars  per  day,  to  be  apportioned 
by  the  mess  council  among  the  cooks  and  other  necessary  regular  attendants.     Of 
this  two  dollars  the  mess  council  may  allot  to  the  mess  steward  (who  may  be  a  non- 
commissioned officer)  a  per  diem  of  fifty  cents,  and  in  addition  thereto  a  share  of  the 
remaining  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents.     One  cook  of  a  company  and  such  of  the  regular 
attendants  of  a  general  mess  as  the  commanding  officer  may  designate  will  be 
inspected  and  mustered  in  the  kitchen  or  mess  hall.     They  may  be  excused  from 
the  ordinary  post  duties,  but  will  attend  target  practice. 

330.  An  officer  appointed  by  the  post  commander  will,  under  his  direction,  con- 
duct the  general  mess  affairs,  make  necessary  purchases,  and  have  charge  of  the  mess 
fund.     Quarterly  and  when  relieved  he  will  submit  to  the  mess  council  a  statement 
of  all  business  dealings  and  money  transactions,  with  proper  vouchers.     Upon  the 
call  of  the  mess  council  he  will  furnish  information  regarding  the  condition  and 
management  of  the  mess.     A  company  on  taking  the  field  or  withdrawing  from  a 
general  mess  will  be  entitled  to  a  just  share  of  the  fund  thereof,  to  be  determined  by 
the  mess  council,  approved  by  the  post  commander. 

ARTICLE   XXXIV. 

POST  BAKERIES. 

331.  Bread  will  be  baked  in  post  bakeries  when  practicable.     At  all  permanent 
posts  a  suitable  building  for  the  purpose,  and  the  necessary  utensils  and  furniture 
therefor,  will  be  provided  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,     The  post  treasurer, 
under  the  supervision  of  the  commanding  officer,  will  have  charge  of  the  bakery. 

332.  A  competent  enlisted  man  will  be  detailed  as  chief  baker,  and,  if  necessary, 
one  or  more  enlisted  men  as  assistant  bakers. 

333.  Extra  pay  to  post  bakers  will  be  paid  from  the  bakery  fund,  and  the  follow- 
ing daily  rates  are  authorized:  To  the  chief  baker  at  a  post  of  two  companies  or  less, 
thirty-five  cents;  three  companies,  forty  cents;  four  companies,  fifty  cents.     To  each 
necessary  assistant,  ten  cents  less  than  the  chief  baker  when  the  chief  baker's  pay  is 
forty  cents  or  less,  and  fifteen  cents  less  when  the  chief  baker's  pay  is  fifty  cents. 
At  larger  posts  the  chief  baker  may  be  paid  not  to  exceed  one  dollar  per  day,  and 
the  assistants  less  amounts,  the  rates  to  be  fixed  by  the  post  council. 

334.  The  expenses  of  the  bakery  will  be  restricted  to  the  extra  pay  of  the  bakers, 
the  purchase  of  articles  necessary  for  making  bread,  and  utensils  not  furnished  by 
the  supply  departments.     These  expenses  must  be  paid  from  the  bakery  fund. 

335.  The  chief  baker  will  be  inspected  and  mustered  at  the  post  bakery.     He 
may  be  excused  from  ordinary  post  duties,  but  will  attend  target  practice. 

336.  The  baking  of  bread  by  companies  at  posts  is  expressly  forbidden. 

ARTICLE  XXXV. 

LIBRARIES,  READING  ROOMS,  ETC. 

337.  At  each  permanent  post  suitable  rooms  will  be  set  apart  for  use  as  library, 
reading  room,  chapel,  and  school.     The  Quartermaster-General  will  procure  and  for- 
ward to  post  libraries  such  newspapers  and  periodicals,  and  to  post  schools  such 
schoolbooks,  stationery,  and  school  material  for  the  use  of  enlisted  men  as  are  author- 
ized by  the  Secretary  of  War.     Newspapers  and  periodicals  will  not  be  taken  from 
the  library;  schoolbooks  will  not  be  taken  from  the  schoolroom  except  for  the  proper 


LIBRARIES    AND    READING    ROOMS POST    GARDENS.  55 

use  of  those  attending  the  post  school.  These  books  and  periodicals  are  intended 
especially  for  the  use  of  enlisted  men.  Books  for  post  chapel  services  are  not  fur- 
nished by  the  Government.  The  library  and  reading  rooms  may  be  used  by  officers 
in  such  manner  as  not  to  interfere  with  their  use  by  enlisted  men.  The  post  com- 
mander will  detail  an  officer  as  post  librarian,  who  will  have  charge  of  the  post  library. 

338.  On  June  30  of  every  year  each  officer  in  charge  of  a  post  or  regimental 
library  will  forward,   through   regular  channels,  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the 
Army,  a  return  of  all  books  on  hand  in  or  pertaining  thereto.     Such  books  as  are 
required  by  regulations  to  be  accounted  for  on  property  returns  and  muster  rolls 
shall  not  be  included  in  the  library  returns.     Post  and  regimental  commanders  will 
examine  the  returns  and  certify  thereon  that  the  books  in  the  library  are  accounted 
for  as  required  by  orders  and  regulations. 

339.  Adjutants-general  of  divisions  and  departments  will,  on  June  30  of  each 
year,  render  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  returns  of  all  library  books 
on  hand  in  their  charge.     These  returns  will  be  in  addition  to  the  property  returns 
required  to  be  made  by  them  under  paragraph  197.     The  necessary  blank  forms  for 
returns  of  books  will  be  furnished  by  The  Military  Secretary,  and  the  returns  will 
be  made  in  accordance  with  the  directions  printed  upon  the  blanks. 

340.  When  library  books  are  damaged  or  lost,  the  fact  will  be  reported  to  the 
commanding  officer  by  the  librarian,  and  the  person  responsible  for  the  loss  or  dam- 
age will  be  required  to  replace  the  book  by  a  new  copy,  or  to  pay  its  value  in  money 
to  the  librarian  to  enable  him  to  procure  one. 

341.  Valuable  books  pertaining  to  a  post  library  which  have  become  unservice- 
able by  fair  wear  and  tear  will,  when  practicable,  be  repaired,  and  the  cost  of  repair 
will  be  a  proper  charge  against  the  funds  of  the  post  exchange. 

342.  Books  received  from  the  War  Department  will  be  promptly  acknowledged 
and,  together  with  all  library  books  received  from  other  sources,  will  be  taken  up  on 
the  return. 

343.  Inspectors-general  will,  at  the  annual  inspection  of  posts,  examine  the 
methods  adopted  for  the  care  and  preservation  of  the  library,  condemn  a^id  destroy 
such  books  as  may  be  unserviceable  and  worthless,  and  note  action  in  their  reports 
of  the  inspections  of  the  posts. 

344.  The  necessary  orders  for  the  disposition  of  the  books  on  hand  when  a  post 
is  abandoned  or  discontinued  will  be  given  by  the  War  Department. 

345.  At  any  post  wrhere  building  material  can  be  obtained  without  expense  to 
the  Government,  and  it  is  desired  to  erect  buildings  by  labor  of  the  troops  for  use  as 
post  exchanges,  gymnasiums,  bowling  alleys,  and  other  places  of  •  amusement,  the 
post  commander  is  authorized  to  use  the  necessary  teams  and  such  tools,  window 
sash,  doors,  and  other  material  as  may  be  on  hand  and  can  be  spared. 

346.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  authorized  to  transport  gymnastic  and 
athletic  appliances,  purchased  with  regimental  or  company  funds,  for  the  use  of 
troops,  from  the  nearest  market  to  the  post  or  station  of  the  troops.     In  all  cases  of 
necessary  removal  the  articles  supplied  for  use  in  bakeries,  libraries,  reading  rooms, 
schools,  and  gymnasiums  will  also  be  transported  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

ARTICLE  XXXVI. 

POST  GARDENS. 

347.  Commanding  officers  of  posts  at  or  near  which  suitable  public  lands  are 
available  will  set  aside  for  post  gardens  such  ground  as  may  be  necessary  for  the 
production  of  vegetables  for  the  command,  and  will  cause  it  to  be  cultivated  by  the 
garrison;  or  if  the  commanding  officer  so  elects,  he  may  apportion  it  among  the 
organizations  for  cultivation  by  them. 


56  POST    EXCHANGES VISITS    TO    DEFENSES. 

348.  Seeds  for  post  gardens  may  be  procured  from  post-exchange  funds,  or  from 
company  funds. 

349.  Department  commanders  will  give  such  instructions  as  may  be  necessary 
for  carrying  these  regulations  into  effect  and  for  the  proper  distribution  of  products 
of  gardens  among  those  entitled  to  them.     Surplus  products  may  be  sold  and  the 
proceeds  divided  among  the  company  funds  of  the  garrison  according  to  strength  of 
companies. 

ARTICLE  XXXVII. 

POST  EXCHANGES. 

350.  Post  exchanges  are  established  and  maintained  under  special  regulations 
issued  by  the  War  Department. 

The  amount  of  indebtedness  of  a  soldier  to  a  post  exchange  contracted  in  accordance 
with  such  regulations  will  be  noted  on  the  muster  and  pay  rolls  for  the  next  succeed- 
ing month  and  be  deducted,  if  practicable,  from  his  pay  by  the  paymaster  making 
the  payment  and  turned  over  to  the  post-exchange  officer,  who  will  duly  receipt  to 
the  paymaster  and  the  soldier  for  the  amount  so  received.  In  case  of  discharge  of 
a  soldier  the  amount  of  any  such  indebtedness  will  be  noted  on  the  final  state- 
ments, and  in  like  manner  be  deducted  from  payment  made  thereon. 

351.  On  June  30  and  December  31  of  each  year  the  commanding  officer  of  a  post 
at  which  an  exchange  is  conducted  will  submit  to  the  adjutant-general  of  the  depart- 
ment a  detailed  report  of  the  operations  and  financial  condition  of  the  exchange, 
and  when  no  exchange  has  been  maintained  at  a  post  such  fact  will  also  be  commu- 
nicated on  the  dates  stated. 

352.  The  sale  of,  or  dealing  in,  beer,  wine,  or  any  intoxicating  liquors  by  any 
person  in  any  post  exchange  or  canteen  or  army  transport,  or  upon  any  premises  used 
for  military  purposes  by  the  United   States,  is  prohibited.     Commanding  officers 
will  carry  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph  into  full  force  and  effect,  and  will  be  held 
strictly  responsible  that  no  exceptions  or  evasions  are  permitted  within  their  respec- 
tive jurisdictions. 

ARTICLE  XXXVIII. 

VISITS  TO  LAKE  AND  SEACOAST  DEFENSES. 

353.  Except  by  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  no  persons,  other  than 
officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States  and  persons  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States  employed  in  direct  connection  with  the  use,  construction,  or  care  of 
these  works,  will  be  allowed  to  visit  any  portion  of  the  lake  and  coast  defenses  of  the 
United  States. 

354.  The  taking  of  photographic  or  other  views  of  permanent  works  of  defense 
will  not  be  permitted.     Neither  written  nor  pictorial  descriptions  of  these  works  will 
be  made  for  publication  without  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  nor  will  any 
information  be  given  concerning  them  which  is  not  contained  in  the  printed  reports 
and  documents  of  the  War  Department. 

ARTICLE   XXXIX. 

SMALL-ARMS  PRACTICE. 

355.  Small-arms  practice  will  be  conducted  and  reports  thereof  made  in  accordance 
with  the  authorized  firing  regulations  and  orders  from  the  War  Department, 

356.  The  aggregate  allowance  of  ammunition  for  any  company  will  be  expended 
at  such  times  during  the  year  as  the  department  commander  may  direct,  or,  in  the 
absence  of  specific  directions,  as  the  post  and  company  commanders  may  determine. 


SMALL-ARMS    PRACTICE ROSTERS.  57 

When  not  used  in  target  practice,  ammunition  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  post  and 
company  commanders,  be  expended  in  hunting. 

357.  The  Ordnance  Department  will  provide  the  requisite  targets,  streamers,  and 
flags.  The  quartermaster  will  set  up  the  targets,  prepare  the  range,  and  construct 
shelters  for  the  markers.  Flour  for  making  paste  for  use  in  target  practice  will  be 
issued  by  the  commissary. 

35§.  Where  hunting  for  large  game  is  practicable  the  men  will  be  encouraged  to 
hunt,  and  for  this  purpose  company  commanders  may  permit  their  men  to  purchase 
cartridges,  if  the  supply  warrants  it,  such  sales  to  be  accounted  for  on  the  returns 
of  ordnance. 

ARTICLE  XL. 

ROSTER,  DETACHMENTS,  AND  DAILY  SERVICE. 
THE  ROSTER. 

359.  A  roster  is  a  list  of  officers  or  men  for  duty,  with  a  record  of  the  duty  per- 
formed by  each.     Generally  details  for  duty  are  so  made  that  the  one  longest  off  is 
the  first  for  detail.     Details  so  made  are  said  to  be  made  by  roster. 

360.  All  details  for  service  in  garrison  and  in  the  field,  except  the  authorized 
special  and  extra-duty  details,  will  be  by  roster;  but  officers  or  enlisted  men  when 
detailed  must  serve  whether  a  roster  be  kept  or  not. 

361.  The  duties  performed  by  roster  are  of  two  classes.     The  first  comprises  (a) 
outposts;  (b)  interior  guards,  including  stable  guards;  (c)  detachments  to  protect 
laborers  on  military  works;  (d)   armed  working  parties  on  such  works.     Soldiers 
inarch  armed  and,  if  necessary,  fully  equipped  on  all  duties' of  this  class.      The 
second  class  comprises  all  other  duties  and  fatigue,  in  or  out  of  the  garrison  or 
camp.     The  rosters  are  distinct  for  each  class. 

362.  Lieutenant-colonels  and  majors  are  on  one  roster,   and  may  be  detailed 
when  the  importance  of  the  duty  requires  it.     In  the  field  their  roster  is  kept  at 
division  and  brigade  headquarters.     Captains  form  one  roster,  and  are  exempt  from 
ordinary  fatigue  duties.     Lieutenants  form  one  roster,  but  when  conditions  make  it 
advisable  captains  and  lieutenants  may  be  placed  on  one  roster,  or  one  or  more  of 
the  senior  lieutenants  may  be  placed  on  the  captains'  roster.     Sergeants,  corporal*, 
musicians,  and  privates  form  distinct  rosters. 

363.  Unless  otherwise  ordered  by  the  commanding  officer,  officers,  noncommis- 
sioned officers,  and  privates  take  duties  of  the  first  class  in  the  order  stated  in  para- 
graph 361,  viz,  the  first  for  detail  takes  the  outposts,  the  next  the  interior  guards, 
and  so  on.     In  those  of  the  second  class  the  senior  officer  takes  the  largest  party. 
The  party  first  for  detail  takes  the  service  out  of  camp. 

364.  In  making  details  by  roster,  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  is  each  day  charged 
with  the  number  of  days  that  he  has  remained  present  and  available  since  the  begin- 
ning of  his  last  tour.     Departures  from  this  rule  may  be  authorized  by  the  com- 
manding officer  whenever  a  strict  application  would  allow  improper  advantage  or 
work  hardship. 

365.  When  an  officer  has  been  detailed  and  is  not  present  or  available  at  the 
hour  of  marching,  the  next  after  him  takes  the  duty.     When  an  outpost  has  passed 
the  chain  of  sentinels,  or  an  interior  guard  has  reached  its  post,  the  officer  whose 
tour  it  was  can  not  take  it  unless  so  ordered  by  the  commanding  officer. 

366.  Duties  of  the  first  class  are  credited  on  the  roster  when  the  guards  or  detach- 
ments have  passed  the  chain  of  sentinels  or  an  interior  guard  has  reached  its  post; 
other  duties,  when  the  parties  have  entered  upon  their  performance. 

367.  An  officer  or  enlisted  man  on  duty  of  the  first  class,  or  who  is  next  for  detail 
for  such  duty,  is  available,  when  relieved,  for  duty  of  the  second  class  that  has  fallen 


58  DETACHMENTS DAILY    SERVICE. 

to  him  during  that  time.     Except  in  emergencies  no  duty  will  be  required  of  the  old 
officer  of  the  day  or  the  old  guard  until  four  hours  after  they  have  been  relieved. 

368.  Field  and  siege  batteries  serving  with  other  troops  will  perform  their  own 
guard,  police,  and  fatigue  duty,  and  officers  and  men  will  be  exempt  from  detail  for 
other  duty  of  like  character,  except  when  in  the  judgment  of  the  commanding  officer 
the  necessities  of  the  service  will  not  permit  such  exemption,  in  which  case  he  will 
immediately  report  his  action  and  the  circumstances  to  the  department  commander. 

369.  Detachments  of  the  Signal  Corps  shall  be  exempt  from  detail  for  any  other 
duty,  except  when  in  the  judgment  of  the  commanding  officer  the  importance  of  the 
duty  will  not  permit  exemption. 

DETACHMENTS. 

370.  As  far  as  the  exigencies  of  the  service  will  permit,  detachments  for  armed 
service  will  be  formed  by  taking  battalions,  companies,  platoons,  or  other  subdivi- 
sions in  turn,  according  to  the  roster. 

371.  Officers  or  enlisted  men  detailed  for  detached  service  while  on  other  duty 
will  be  relieved  from  that  duty,  if  practicable,  in  time  to  march  with  the  detachment. 

372.  When  a  detachment  is  to  be  formed  from  the  different  organizations  of  a 
command  the  adjutant  or  adjutant-general  forms  its  contingent,  verifies  the  details, 
and  sends  it  to  the  place  of  assembly,  or  turns  it  over  to  the  detachment  commander. 

373.  When  detachments  meet,  the  command  is  regulated  while  they  serve  together 
as  if  they  formed  one  command,  but  the  senior  officer  can  not  prevent  the  commander 
of  any  detachment  from  moving  when  he  thinks  proper  to  execute  the  orders  he  has 
received. 

374.  On  the  return  of  a  detachment  its  commander  reports  to  the  headquarters 
from  which  he  received  his  orders. 

DAILY   SERVICE. 

375.  There  will  be  daily  at  least  two  roll  calls,  viz:  At  reveille  and  retreat. 
Commanding  officers  may  also  order  roll  calls  in  special  cases  at  such  times  as  they 
deem  necessary.     The  roll  will  be  called  on  the  company  parade  by  the  first  sergeant, 
superintended  by  a  commissioned  officer.     If  companies  are  quartered  together  or  in 
contiguous  barracks,  one  officer  may  superintend  the  roll  call  of  two  or  more  of  them 
provided  he  can  do  so  efficiently,  commanding  officers  regulating  the  practice  in  this 
regard.     Ordinarily  there  will  not  be  any  formation  for  roll  call  at  tattoo,  but  the 
prescribed  signal  will  be  sounded,  and  fifteen  minutes  thereafter  lights  in  squad  rooms 
will  be  extinguished  and  all  noises  and  loud  talking  will  cease.     Call  to  quarters  will 
be  sounded  at  10.45  p.  m.,  and  taps  at  11.     At  taps  all  lights  not  authorized  by  the 
commanding  officer  will  be  extinguished  and  the  first  sergeant  or  other  noncommis- 
sioned officer,  as  the  company  commander  may  direct,  will  inspect  each  company 
and  report  to  the  officer  of  the  day  the  names  of  all  unauthorized  absentees.     Reveille 
roll  call  in  garrison  will  not  ordinarily  take  place  earlier  than  5.30  a.  m.  in  summer, 
or  6.30  a.  m.  in  winter. 

376.  Mess  call  in  garrison  will  be  sounded  daily  as  follows:  For  breakfast,  fifteen 
minutes  after  reveille  roll  call;  for  dinner,  not  earlier  than  12  m.  nor  later  than  12.15 
p.m.;  for  supper,  not  earlier  than  5  nor  later  than  6.30  p.  m.     Meals  for  enlisted 
men  will  be  served  promptly  at  the  hours  appointed,  and  the  duties  of  the  post,  as 
far  as  compatible  with  the  requirements  of  the  service,  will  be  so  arranged  that  all 
the  men  may  be  present.     The  men  will  be  allowed  at  least  twenty  minutes  for 
breakfast  and  supper  and  thirty  minutes  for  dinner. 

377.  Except  at  the  ceremony  of  parade,  the  result  of  a  roll  call  will  be  reported 
after  the  companies  have  been  dismissed  to  the  officer  superintending  the  callt  who 
will  report  the  result  to  the  commanding  officer. 

378.  In  camp  and  garrison  the  commanding  officer  fixes  the  hours  for  reports, 
issues,  and  roll  calls,  and  for  the  performance  of  stated  duties  and  fatigues.     In  gar- 


HONORS,    COURTESIES,   AND    CEREMONIES.  59 

rison,  retreat  will  be  not  later  than  sunset.     The  signals  will  be  sounded  by  the  field 
musicians  in  accordance  with  authorized  drill  regulations. 

379.  After  breakfast,  and  after  stable  duty  in  the  mounted  service,  the  tents  or 
quarters  and  adjacent  ground  will  be  policed  by  the  men  of  the  companies  and  the 
guardhouse  or  guard  tent  by  the  prisoners,  or  by  members  of  the  guard  if  there  be 
110  prisoners. 

ARTICLE  XLI. 

HONORS,  COURTESIES,  AND  CEREMONIES. 


38O.  The  officers  named  below  will  be  received  with  standards  and  colors  drop- 
ping, officers  and  troops  saluting,  and  the  bands  and  field  music  playing,  as  follows: 
The  President,  the  President's  March;  the  General,  the  General's  March;  the  Lieu- 
tenant-General, trumpets  sounding  three  flourishes  or  drums  beating  three  ruffles; 
a  major-general,  two  flourishes  or  two  ruffles;  a  brigadier-general,  one  flourish  or  one 
ruffle. 

3§1.  To  the  Vice-President,  the  members  of  the  Cabinet,  the  Chief  Justice,  the 
President  of  the  Senate,  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  American  or 
foreign  ambassadors,  and  governors  within  their  respective  States  and  Territories  the 
same  honors  are  paid  as  to  the  General;  to  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  and  to 
American  or  foreign  envoys  or  ministers,  the  same  honors  as  to  the  Lieutenant-Gen- 
eral; to  officers  of  the  Navy  the  honors  due  to  their  relative  rank;  to  officers  of 
marines  and  volunteers,  and  militia  when  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  the 
honors  due  to  like  grades  in  the  regular  service;  to  officers  of  a  foreign  service  the 
honors  due  to  their  rank. 

382.  The  national  or  regimental  color  or  standard,  uncased,  passing  a  guard  or 
other  armed  body  will  be  saluted,  the  field  music  sounding  "to  the  color"  or  "to 
the  standard."     Officers  or  enlisted  men  passing  the  uncased  color  will  render  the 
prescribed  salute;  with  no  arms  in  hand,  the  salute  will  be  made  by  uncovering. 

383.  Whenever  "The  Star  Spangled  Banner"  is  played  by  the  band  on  a  formal 
occasion  at  a  military  station,  or  at  any  place  where  persons  belonging  to  the  mili- 
tary service  are  present  in  their  official  capacity,  all  officers  and  enlisted  men  present 
will  stand  at  attention.     The  same  respect  will  be  observed  toward  the  national  air 
of  any  other  country  when  it  is  played  as  a  compliment  to  official  representatives  of 
such  country. 

3§4.  No  honors  are  paid  by  troops  when  on  the  march  or  in  trenches,  except  that 
they  may  be  called  to  attention,  and  no  salute  is  rendered  when  marching  in  double 
time  or  at  the  trot  or  gallop. 

385.  The  commanding  officer  is  saluted  by  all  commissioned  officers  in  command 
of  troops  or  detachments.      Troops  under  arms  will   salute  as  prescribed  in  drill 
regulations. 

386.  All  officers  salute  on  meeting  and  in  making  or  receiving  official  reports. 
Military  courtesy  requires  the  junior  to  salute  first,  but  when  the  salute  is  introduc- 
tory to  a  report  made  at  a  military  ceremony  or  formation  to  the  representative  of  a 
common  superior — as  for  example,  to  the  adjutant,  officer  of  the  day,  etc. — the  offi- 
cer making  the  report,  whatever  his  rank,  will  salute  first;  the  officer  to  whom  the 
report  is  made  will  acknowledge  by  saluting,  that  he  has  received  and  understood 
the  report.     When  under  arms  the  salute  is  made  with  the  sword  or  saber  if  drawn; 
otherwise  with  the  hand.     A  mounted  officer  dismounts  before  addressing  a  superior 
not  mounted. 

387.  On  official  occasions  officers,  when  indoors  and  underarms,  do  not  uncover, 
but  salute  with  the  sword  if  drawn;  otherwise  with  the  hand.     If  not  under  arms, 


60  SALUTES SALUTES    WITH    CANNON. 

they  uncover  and  stand  at  attention,  but  do  not  salute  except  when  making  or  receiv- 
ing reports. 

3§§.  When  an  enlisted  man  without  arms  passes  an  officer  he  salutes  with  the 
hand  farthest  from  the  officer.  If  mounted  he  salutes  with  the  right  hand.  Officers 
are  saluted  whether  in  uniform  Or  not. 

389.  An  enlisted  man,  armed  with  the  saber  and  out  of  ranks,  salutes  all  officers 
with  the  saber  if  drawn;  otherwise  he  salutes  with  the  hand.     If  on  foot  and  armed 
with  a  rifle  or  carbine,  he  makes  the  rifle  or  carbine  salute.     A  mounted  soldier  dis- 
mounts before  addressing  an  officer  not  mounted. 

390.  A  noncommissioned  officer  or  private  in  command  of  a  detachment  without 
arms  salutes  all  officers  with  the  hand,  but  if  the  detachment  be  on  foot  and  armed 
with  the  rifle  or  carbine,  he  makes  the  rifle  or  carbine  salute,  and  if  armed  with  a 
saber  he  salutes  with  it. 

391.  An  enlisted  man,  if  seated,  rises  on  the  approach  of  an  officer,  faces  toward 
him  and  salutes.     If  standing,  he  faces  the  officer  for  the  same  purpose.     If  the  par- 
ties remain  in  the  same  place  or  on  the  same  ground,  such  compliments  need  not  be 
repeated.     Soldiers  actually  at  work  do  not  cease  work  to  salute  an  officer  unless 
addressed  by  him. 

392.  An  enlisted  man  makes  the  prescribed  salute  with  the  weapon  he  is  armed 
with,  or  if  unarmed,  whether  covered  or  uncovered,  with  the  hand,  before  addressing 
an  officer.     He  also  makes  the  same  salute  after  receiving  a  reply. 

393.  Indoors,  an  unarmed  enlisted  man  uncovers  and  stands  at  attention  upon 
the  approach  of  an  officer;  he  does  not  salute  unless  he  addresses  or  is  addressed  by 
the  officer.     If  armed  he  salutes  as  heretofore  prescribed,  without  uncovering. 

394.  When  an  officer  enters  a  room  where  there  are  soldiers,  the  word  "  Attention  " 
is  given  by  some  one  who  perceives  him,  when  all  rise  and  remain  standing  in  the 
position  of  a  soldier  until  the  officer  leaves  the  room.     Soldiers  at  meals  do  not  rise. 

395.  Soldiers  at  aft  times  and  in  all  situations  pay  the  same  compliments  to  offi- 
cers of  the  Army,  Navy,  Marine  Corps,  and  volunteers  and  to  officers  of  the  organized 
militia  in  uniform  as  to  officers  of  their  own  regiment,  corps,  or  arm  of  service. 

396.  Officers  will  at  all  times  acknowledge  the  courtesies  of  enlisted  men  by 
returning  salutes  given,  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  drill  regulations.    When  several 
officers  in  company  are  saluted,  all  who  are  entitled  to  the  salute  return  it. 

SALUTES   AVITH    CANNON. 

397.  Salutes  with  cannon  will  be  fired  under  charge  of  commissioned  officers, 
who  shall  be  present  at  the  firing  and  direct  it. 

Guns  using  metallic-case  ammunition  wrill  be  used  whenever  practicable;  in  their 
absence  other  breech-loading  guns  should  preferably  be  used.  Muzzle-loaders  will 
be  used  only  when  breechloaders  are  not  available.  When  using  muzzle-loading 
guns  a  sufficient  number  should  be  employed,  if  practicable,  to  avoid  the  necessity 
of  firing  the  same  gun  a  second  time. 

For  muzzle-loading  guns,  or  breechloaders  using  cartridge  bags,  the  bags  will  be 
made  of  silk,  measuring  in  length  at  least  one  and  one-half  times  their  diameter,  and 
care  will  be  taken  that  the  sponges  are  not  worn,  and  that  they  thoroughly  fill  the 
chamber  or  bore  of  the  gun,  and  when  the  same  gun  is  fired  more  than  once,  that  the 
intervals  between  the  discharges  are  sufficient  to  allow  the  chamber  or  bore  to  be 
thoroughly  sponged  and  chamber  of  breechloaders  examined.  Unless  all  of  these 
conditions  be  fulfilled  salutes  will  not  be  fired  with  these  classes  of  guns. 

The  minimum  number  of  pieces  with  which  the  salutes  can  be  fired  is  two  for  rapid- 
fire  and  field,  four  for  siege,  and  six  for  seacoast  guns.  When  practicable  rapid-fire 
guns  will  be  used  for  saluting  purposes. 

398.  The  rapidity  wvith  which  pieces  are  discharged  during  a  salute  depends 
upon  their  caliber.     Subject  to  the  restrictions  of  the  preceding  paragraph,  guns  of 


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4-inch  caliber  or  less  should  have  intervals  of  five  seconds  between  discharges;  guns 
of  over  4-inch  caliber,  ten  seconds. 

399.  When  muzzle-loading  guns  are  used,  the  pieces  for  a  salute  should,  if  pos- 
sible, be  of  the  same  or  equivalent  caliber.     If  the  number  of  guns  in  the  saluting 
battery  admits  of  it,  the  entire  number  required  and  two  or  three  over  should  be 
loaded  and  made  ready  previous  to  commencing  the  salute;  the  detachments  are 
then  dispensed  with,  and  a  single  cannoneer  at  each  piece  discharges  it  at  the  proper 
time.     When  the  number  of  pieces  is  insufficient  for  the  entire  salute,  as  many  as 
possible  should  be  used  so  as  to  avoid  frequent  reloadings. 

The  pieces  are  numbered  from  right  to  left — one,  two,  three,  and  so  on — and  each 
detachment  or  the  cannoneer,  as  the  case  may  be,  is  made  clearly  to  understand  the 
number  of  the  piece. 

At  the  proper  moment  the  officer  in  charge  commands:  "  Number  one,  fire!  "  and 
observing  the  proper  interval,  "  Number  two,  fire!  "  and  so  on  to  the  left  piece,  when 
he  returns  to  the  first  and  repeats  the  same  commands  until  the  entire  number 
required  for  the  salute  is  discharged.  In  order  to  preserve  regularity  in  the  fires  he 
will  not  concern  himself  with  the  running  number,  but  will  have  a  capable  person 
to  keep  count  and  notify  him  when  the  required  number  of  discharges  is  made.  In 
giving  the  command  "fire!  "  he  looks  toward  the  piece  to  be  fired,  and  gives  it  in 
such  a  pronounced  manner,  accompanied  by  a  signal  with  his  sword,,  as  to  be  unmis- 
takable. The  cannoneer  discharging  a  piece  when  its  number  is  called  casts  his  eye 
to  the  officer  and,  observing  the  signal  as  well  as  the  command,  fires  the  piece 
promptly.  Should  a  piece  miss  fire,  the  officer  immediately  commands  the  next  to 
fire  and  allows  the  piece  that  has  missed  to  remain  undischarged  until  its  proper  turn 
comes  again.  Immediately  after  each  piece  is  discharged  it  is  reloaded  and  made 
ready  if  there  is  probability  of  its  being  fired  aga:n. 

When  troops  are  drawn  up  for  the  reception  of  a  dignitary,  and  it  is  practicable  to 
have  a  battery  of  field  guns  on  the  ground,  a  salute  from  it  should  form  part  of  the  cere- 
mony; otherwise  guns  in  position  are  used.  When  field  guns  are  used  it  is  most 
appropriate  to  fire  the  salute  at  the  place  of  review,  and  at  the  time  just  previous  to 
the  review  when  the  personage  arrives  on  the  ground. 

400.  Salvos  are  simultaneous  discharges  from  several  cannon;  they  correspond  to 
volleys  of  musketry  and  are  fired  by  way  of  salute  only  over  the  graves  of  officers 
at  the  time  of  burial.     The  order  designating  a  funeral  escort  prescribes  whether  the 
fire  shall  be  three  volleys  of  musketry  or  three  salvos  of  artillery. 

401.  Salutes  will  be  fired  between  sunrise  and  sunset  only,  and,  as  a  rule,  not  on 
Sunday  unless  required  by  international  courtesy.     The  national  flag  will  always  be 
displayed  at  the  time  of  firing  a  salute. 

NATIONAL   SALUTES. 

402.  The  national  salute  is  twenty-one  guns.     It  is  also  the  salute  to  a  national 
flag. 

The  salute  to  the  Union,  commemorative  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  and 
consisting  of  one  gun  for  each  State,  is  fired  at  noon  on  July  4  at  every  post  provided 
with  suitable  artillery. 

403.  It  is  the  custom  of  foreign  ships  of  war,  on  entering  a  harbor  or  passing  near 
a  fortification,  to  hoist  at  the  fore  the  flag  of  the  country  in  whose  waters  they  are, 
and  to  salute  it,     On  the  completion  of  the  salute  to  the  flag,  a  salute  of  the  same 
number  of  guns  will  be  promptly  returned  by  the  nearest  fort  or  battery.     If  there 
be  several  forts  or  batteries  in  sight,  or  within  6  miles  of  each  other,  the  saluting 
station  will  return  the  salute.     United  States  vessels  return  salutes  to  the  flag  in 
United  States  waters  only  when  there  is  no  fort  or  battery  to  do  so.     United  States 
vessels  do  not  salute  United  States  forts  or  posts,  and  the  converse. 


62  PEKSONAL    SALUTES. 

Saluting  stations,  for  the  purpose  of  returning  the  salutes  of  foreign  men-of-war  in 
the  ports  and  territorial  waters  of  the  United  States,  will  be  designated  in  orders, 
from  time  to  time,  by  the  War  Department. 

The  salute  to  the  flag  is  the  only  salute  that  is  returned,  and  this  is  invariably 
done  as  soon  as  possible.  The  time  intervening  should  never  exceed  twenty-four 
hours.  The  failure  to  return  such  salutes  is  regarded  as  a  discourtesy  or  lack  of 
friendship  justifying  the  other  party  in  asking  an  explanation. 

Notice  of  an  intention  to  salute  the  flag  is  sometimes  given  by  the  vessel  direct  to 
the  fort,  but  as  giving  notice  involves  delay  vessels  generally  salute  without  it. 
Surveying  vessels,  storeships,  a"nd  transports  do  not  salute.  If  notice  of  intention  to 
salute  the  flag  be  received  by  a  fort,  not  the  saluting  station,  such  fort  immediately 
notifies  the  saluting  station  and  informs  the  vessel  of  the  fact. 

PERSONAL   SALUTES. 

404.  The  President,  both  on  his  arrival  at  and  departure  from  a  military  post,  or 
when  in  its  vicinity,  receives  a  salute  of  twrenty-one  guns.     No  other  personal  salute 
is  fired  in  his  presence. 

The  sovereign  or  chief  magistrate  of  a  foreign  country  receives  the  salute  pre- 
scribed for  the  President;  members  of  a  royal  family  receive  the  salute  due  their 
sovereign. 

An  ex-President  of  the  United  States  receives  a  salute  of  twenty-one  guns. 

The  Vice-President  receives  a  salute  of  nineteen  guns. 

When  officials  other  than  those  named  visit  military  posts,  they  receive  salutes  as 

follows: 

Guns. 

President  of  the  Senate,  and  American  or  foreign  ambassadors 19 

Members  of  the  Cabinet,  the  Chief  Justice,  the  Speaker  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, a  committee  of  Congress  officially  visiting  a  military  post,  governors 
within  their  respective  States  or  Territories,  or  a  governor-general,  and  the 

civil  governor  of  the  Philippine  Islands 17 

The  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  or  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  when 
officially  visiting  a  military  post;  the  vice-governor  of  the  Philippine  Islands, 

and  American  or  foreign  envoys  or  ministers 15 

Ministers  resident  accredited  to  the  United  States 13 

Charges  d'affaires 11 

Consuls-general  accredited  to  the  United  States 9 

The  General 17 

The  Lieutenant-General 15 

Major-General 13 

Brigadier-General 11 

The  term  "governor-general"  shall  be  taken  to  mean  an  administrative  officer 
under  whom  officers  with  the  title  of  governor  are  acting. 

405.  As  a  rule,  a  personal  salute  is  to  be  fired  when  the  personage  entitled  to  it 
enters  a  post. 

When  several  persons,  each  of  whom  is  entitled  to  a  salute,  arrive  together  at  a 
post,  the  highest  in  rank- or  position  is  alone  saluted.  If  they  arrive  successively, 
each  is  saluted  in  turn. 

An  officer  assigned  to  duty  according  to  his  brevet  rank  is  entitled  to  the  salute 
prescribed  for  the  grade  to  which  he  is  assigned. 

A  retired  general  officer  making  an  official  visit  is  saluted  according  to  his  rank. 

An  officer,  whether  civil,  military,  or  naval,  holding  twro  or  more  positions,  either 
of  which  entitles  him  to  a  salute,  receives  only  the  salute  due  to  the  highest  grade. 
In  no  event  is  the  same  person  to  be  saluted  in  more  than  one  capacity. 


SALUTES VISITS.  63 

Personal  salutes  at  the  same  place  and  in  compliment  to  the  same  person,  whether 
civil,  diplomatic,  military,  or  naval,  are  never  to  be  fired  oftener  than  once  a  year, 
unless  such  person  shall  have  been  in  the  meantime  advanced  in  rank. 

406.  Officers  of  the  Navy  are  saluted  according  to  their  relative  rank;  officers  of 
marines  and  of  the  volunteer  forces  or  militia  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  and 
officers  of  foreign  services,  are  saluted  according  to  rank. 

407.  When  a  civil  functionary  entitled  to  a  salute  arrives  at  a  military  post,  the 
commanding  officer  meets  or  calls  upon  him  as  soon  as  practicable,  and  will  tender 
him  a  review  if  the  garrison  consists  of  not  less  than  four  companies.     When  a  gen- 
eral officer  visits  a  post  within  his  command,  the  troops  will  be  paraded  for  review, 
unless  he  directs  otherwise.     When  a  salute  is  to  be  given  an  officer  junior  to 
another  present  at  a  post,  the  senior  will  be  notified  to  that  effect  by  the  command- 
ing officer. 

4O§.  In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  occasions  of  a  public  nature  frequently  arise 
when  salutes  are  both  desirable  and  proper.  Orders  will  be  given  in  such  cases. 

409.  The  flag  of  a  military  post  will  not  be  dipped  by  way  of  salute  or  compliment. 

VISITS   AND   COURTESIES. 

410.  Officers  arriving  at  the  headquarters  of  a  military  command,  or  at  a  military 
post,  will  call  upon  the  commander  thereof  as  soon  as  practicable  and  register  their 
names.     If  the  visiting  officer  be  senior  to  the  commander,  the  former  may  send  a 
card,  in  which  case  it  becomes  the  duty  of  the  commander  to  make  the  first  call. 

411.  The  interchange  of  official  compliments  and  visits  between  foreign  military 
and  naval  officers  and  the  authorities  of  a  military  post  is  international  in  character 
and  opens  the  way  to  official  and  social  courtesies  among  the  officers.     In  cases  of 
vessels  of  war,  foreign  or  otherwise,  recently  arrived,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  post  com- 
mander to  send  a  suitable  officer  to  offer  civilities  and  assistance.     This  is  called  the 
"boarding  visit,"  and  it  is  expected  that  this  civility  will  be  returned.     Within 
twenty-four  hours  thereafter,  weather  permitting,  the  officer  in  chief  command  of 
the  ship  or  ships  should  visit  the  officer  in  command  of  the  post  or  station,  should 
the  latter  be  his  equal  or  superior  in  grade.     This  visit  will  be  returned  within 
twenty-four  hours.     Should  the  naval  officer  in  command  be  superior  in  grade  to 
the  officer  commanding  the  post  or  station  the  first  visit  will  be  paid  by  the  latter. 

412.  The  interchange  of  visits  between  governors-general,  governors,  and  other 
officers  administering  insular  governments,  and  officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy,  is 
governed  by  the  following  rules,  which  have  received  the  approval  of  the  Secretaries 
« >f  War  and  the  Navy : 

All  naval  officers  in  command  shall  make  the  first  visit  upon  the  governor-general, 
whatever  the  latter' s  military  grade.  Officers  of  the  Army  holding  commands  under 
a  governor-general  or  acting  as  governors  of  provinces,  departments,  or  cities,  shall 
make  the  first  visit  upon  a  naval  commander-in-chief,  if  the  latter  is  of  equal  or 
superior  grade,  as  shall  also  civilian  governors  of  provinces,  departments,  or  cities. 

If  not  a  commander-in-chief,  the  first  visit  shall  be  made  by  the  senior  naval  officer 
upon  officers  of  the  Army  holding  command  under  a  governor-general,  or  acting  as 
governors  of  provinces,  departments,  or  cities,  if  the  latter  are  equal  or  superior  in 
grade,  and  upon  civilian  governors  of  provinces,  departments,  or  cities. 

Should  the  governor-general  be  a  civilian,  and  therefore  not  holding  direct  military 
command,  the  naval  commander-in-chief  shall  make  the  first  visit,  both  upon  the 
governor  and  the  army  officer  in  chief  command  of  troops  in  the  island  or  group  of 
islands,  if  he  is  of  equal  or  superior  grade. 

Visits  should  be  exchanged  under  the  above  rules  between  a  naval  commander-in- 
chief  or  senior  naval  officer:  (1)  With  the  governor;  (2)  the  governor  of  a  province, 
department,  or  city;  (3)  the  army  officer  in  chief  command  at  a  place  where  there 
is  a  civil  governor. 


64  VISITS — ESCORTS    OF    HONOR. 

Should  the  governor-general,  or  any  other  officer  administering  the  government 
of  an  island,  find  that  from  indisposition  or  pressure  of  important  business  he  is 
unable  to  pay  or  return  these  visits  in  person,  he  will  depute  his  aid-de-camp  or 
some  other  officer  to  do  so.  In  like  manner,  should  a  naval  commander-in-chief, 
from  indisposition  or  pressing  occupation,  be  precluded  from  paying  or  returning 
these  visits,  he  will  depute  an  officer  not  below  the  rank  of  flag  lieutenant  to  do  so. 
In  each  case  the  officer  failing  to  pay  the  required  visit  in  person  will  report  the 
circumstances,  and  assign  the  reasons  which  led  to  the  omission,  to  the  Department 
under  which  he  is  acting. 

413.  When  a  military  commander  officially  visits  a  vessel  of  war,  he  will  give 
notice  in  advance  of  his  intention  to  do  so.     He  is  received  at  the  gangway  by  the 
commander  of  the  vessel  and  is  accompanied  there  by  the  same  officer  when  leav- 
ing.    The  officer  who  is  sent  with  the  customary  offer  of  civilities  is  met  at  the 
gangway  of  a  vessel  of  war  by  the  officer  of  the  deck,  and  is  presented  by  the  latter 
to  the  commander  of  the  vessel. 

414.  A  vessel  of  wrar  is  approached  and  boarded,  by  commissioned  officers,  by 
the  starboard  side  and  gangway.     In  entering  a  boat,  the  junior  goes  first  and  other 
officers  follow  in  order  of  rank;  in  leaving  a  boat,  the  senior  goes  first.     The  latter 
acknowledges  the  salutes  which  are  given  at  the  gangway  of  a  naval  vessel. 

415.  Naval  vessels  fire  personal  salutes  to  officers  entitled  to  them  when  the  boats 
containing  them  have  cleared  the  ship.     It  is  an  acknowledgment  of  the  salute  by 
the  officer  saluted  for  his  boat  to  lie  on  her  oars  from  the  first  until  the  last  gun  and 
for  him  to  uncover;  at  the  conclusion,  to  give  way.     Personal  salutes  are  not  returned 
by  military  posts. 

416.  In  case  of  vessels  of  war  of  foreign  powers  at  peace  with  the  United  States 
lying  in  our  ports  or  harbors  and  celebrating  their  national  festivities,  the  com- 
mander of  each  fort,  battery,  or  military  post  may  participate  in  the  celebration  by 
firing  salutes,  parading  commands,  etc.     In  such  a  case  the  flag  of  the  United  States 
will  be  hoisted  and  lowered  simultaneously  with  that  of  the  ship  on  board  of  which 
the  celebration  occurs. 

417.  When  boats  are  rowing  in  the  same  direction,  an  inferior  is  not  to  pass  a 
superior  in  grade  unless  he  is  on  urgent  duty,  or  authorized  by  the  superior. 

When  boats  are  pursuing  opposite  directions,  the  rule  of  the  road  to  prevent  fouling 
is  that  both  shall  "put  their  helms  to  port,"  i.  e.,  to  pass  to  the  right,  circumstances 
permitting. 

When  boats  are  approaching  the  same  landing  or  vessel,  an  inferior  is  always  to 
give  way  to  a  superior  in  rank. 

Boats  about  leaving  a  ship's  side  or  landing  are  to  give  way  in  ample  time  to  others 
approaching. 

It  is  not  proper  to  land  over  anoth^  boat  without  permission,  and  only  when  it 
can  not  be  avoided  is  permission  to  be  asked. 

418.  A  vessel  of  war  on  which  the  President  of  the  United  States  is  traveling 
displays  the  President's  flag  at  the  main.     In  case  of  foreign  sovereigns,  vessels 
display  the  royal  standard  of  the  sovereign  in  like  manner. 

ESCORTS   OF   HONOR. 

419.  Escorts  of  honor  may  be  composed  of  any  or  of  all  arms,  according  to  the 
circumstances.     They  are  detailed  for  the  purpose  of  receiving  and  escorting  person- 
ages of  high  rank,  civil  or  military,  when  they  arrive  and  depart.     The  troops  for 
this  purpose  will  be  selected  for  their  soldierly  appearance  and  superior  discipline,  and 
are  formed  and  maneuvered  as  prescribed  in  the  authorized  drill  regulations.     The 
post  commander  in  each  case  will  detail  an  officer  to  attend  the  personage  escorted, 
and  to  bear  communications  from  him  to  the  commander  of  the  escort. 


FUNERAL    HONORS.  65 

FUNERAL   HONORS. 

4 2O.  On  the  receipt  at  any  post  or  camp  of  official  notice  of  the  death  of  the  Pres- 
ident of  the  United  States,  the  commanding  officer  will,  on  the  following  day,  cause 
a  gun  to  be  fired  every  half  hour,  beginning  at  sunrise  and  ending  at  sunset.     When 
posts  are  in  sight  or  within  6  miles  of  each  other  the  firing  will  take  place  only  at 
the  post  commanded  by  the  senior  officer. 

421.  The  orders  announcing  the  death  of  a  Secretary  of  War,  Assistant  Secretary 
of  War,  or  a  general  officer  on  the  active  or  retired  list,  or  other  person  entitled  to  a 
salute  of  cannon,  will  specify  the  number  of  guns  to  be  fired  at  half-hour  intervals, 
commencing  at  8  o'clock  a.  m.  on  the  day  after  the  receipt  of  the  order,  and  the  posts 
at  which  they  shall  be  fired.     During  the  firing  the  flag  will  be  displayed  at  half-staff. 

422.  When  the  funeral  of  an  officer,  who  was  entitled  to  a  salute,  takes  place  at 
or  near  a  military  post,  minute  guns  will  be  fired  while  the  remains  are  being  borne 
to  the  place  of  interment,  but  the  number  of  guns  will  not  exceed  tllat  to  which  the 
officer  was  entitled  as  a  salute.     After  the  remains  are  deposited  in  the  grave  a  salute 
corresponding  to  the  rank  of  the  deceased  will  be  fired,  in  addition  to  three  salvos  of 
artillery  or  three  volleys  of  musketry. 

423.  If  the  remains  of  a  flag  officer  of  the  Navy  or  a  general  officer  are  brought 
ashore  in  the  vicinity  of  a  military  post,  the  flag  will  be  displayed  at  half-staff  and 
minute  guns  will  be  fired  as  the  procession  moves.     The  number  of  guns  will  be  that 
to  which  the  officer  was  entitled  as  a  salute. 

424.  During  the  funeral  at  or  near  a  military  post  of  a  civil  functionary,  who  was 
entitled  to  a  salute,  the  flag  is  displayed  at  half-staff  and  minute  guns  are  fired.     The 
number  of  guns  will  be  that  to  which  the  functionary  was  entitled  as  a  salute. 

425.  On  the  death  of  an  officer  at  a  military  post  the  flag  is  displayed  at  half-staff 
and  so  remains,  between  reveille  and  retreat,  until  the  last  salvo  or  volley  is  fired 
over  the  grave;  or  if  the  remains  are  not  interred  at  the  post,  until  they  are  removed 
therefrom. 

426.  During  the  funeral  of  an  enlisted  man  at  a  military  post  the  flag  is  displayed 
at  half-staff.     It  is  hoisted  to  the  top  after  the  final  volley  or  gun  is  fired,  or  after  the 
remains  are  taken  from  the  post.     The  same  honors  are  paid  on  the  occasion  of  the 
funeral  of  a  retired  enlisted  man. 

427.  All  military  posts  in  sight  of  each  other  display  their  flags  at  half-staff  upon 
the  occasion  of  one  doing  so.     The  same  rule  is  observed  toward  all  vessels  of  war. 

428.  When  the  flag  is  displayed  at  half-staff  it  is  lowered  to  that  position  from  the 
top  of  the  staff.     It  is  afterwards  hoisted  to  the  top  before  it  is  finally  lowered. 

429.  The  funeral  escort  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  General  of  the  Army  will  consist 
of  a  regiment  of  infantry,  a  squadron  of  cavalry,  and  two  batteries  of  field  artillery; 
of  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  or  the  lieutenant-general,  a  regiment  of  infantry,  a 
squadron  of  cavalry,  and  a  battery  of  field  artillery;  of  a  major-general,  a  regiment  of 
infantry,  two  troops  of  cavalry,  and  a  battery  of  field'artillery ;  of  a  brigadier-general,  a 
regiment  of  infantry,  a  troop  of  cavalry,  and  a  platoon  of  field  artillery;  of  a  colonel,  a 
regiment;  a  lieutenant-colonel  or  major,  a  battalion  or  squadron;  a  captain,  one  com- 
pany; a  subaltern,  a  platoon.     The  funeral  escort  of  a  general  officer,  or  of  any  other 
officer  either  on  the  active  or  retired  list,  when  the  funeral  occurs  at  any  other  place  than 
a  military  post  or  camp,  will  be  ordered  by  the  War  Department,  and  will  be  com- 
posed of  such  bodies  of  troops,  not  exceeding  the  number  prescribed  in  this  para- 
graph, as  the  interests  of  the  service  will  permit.     But  in  all  cases  where  the  funeral 
ceremonies  take  place  at  or  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  a  military  post,  or  where  the 
remains  are  conveyed  through  a  military  post  en  route  to  the  place  of  burial,  the 
above  regulation  relative  to  escort  will  be  complied  with,  so  far  as  the  strength  of 
the  garrison  will  allow.     The  flag  will  be  at  half-staff  while  the  remains  are  at  or 

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66  FUNERAL   HONORS MOURNING CEREMONIES. 

in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  the  post,  and  the  department  or  post  commander  will  give 
the  necessary  orders. 

430.  The  funeral  escort  of  an  officer  will  be  commanded  by  an  officer  of  the  same 
grade;  if  none  such  be  present,  by  one  of  the  next  lower  grade  available.     The  cere- 
mony is  prescribed  in  the  drill  regulations. 

431.  The  funeral  escort  of  a  noncommissioned  staff  officer  will  consist  of  sixteen 
men,  commanded  by  a  sergeant;  of  a  sergeant,  of  fourteen  men,  commanded  by  a 
sergeant;  of  a  corporal,  of  twelve  men,  commanded  by  a  corporal;  of  a  private,  of 
eight  men,  commanded  by  a  corporal. 

432.  The  funeral  escorts  of  officers  of  field  artillery  will  be  as  follows:  Colonel, 
twelve  pieces;  lieutenant-colonel  and  major,  eight  pieces;  captain,  four  pieces;  lieu- 
tenant, two  pieces.     The  escort  of  an  enlisted  man  will  consist  of  one  piece.     Caissons 
need  not  accompany  the  pieces. 

433.  Six  pallbearers  will  be  selected,  as  far  as  practicable  from  the  grade  of  the 
deceased. 

434.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  attending  military  funerals  wear  uniform  and  side 
arms  and  in  the  funeral  procession  follow  the  mourners  in  order  of  rank,  seniors  in 
front.     The  funeral  of  an  officer  is  attended  by  such  officers  of  the  post  or  organiza- 
tion in  the  field  as  other  duties  will  permit.     The  funeral  of  a  noncommissioned 
officer  is  attended  by  the  noncommissioned  officers  and  privates  of  the  regiment,  or 
such  part  of  it  as  may  be  present  and  can  be  spared  from  other  duties;  that  of  a  pri- 
vate by  the  noncommissioned  officers  and  privates  of  his  company. 

435.  The  badge  of  military  mourning  is  a  knot  of  black  crape  worn  upon  the 
sword  hilt  for  a  period  not  to  exceed  thirty  days. 

436.  As  family  mourning,  officers  may  wear  a  straight  band  of  crape  five  inches 
wide  around  the  left  arm  above  the  elbow. 

437.  The  drums  of  a  funeral  escort  will  be  covered  with  black  crape  or  thin  black 
serge,  furnished  by  the  quartermaster. 

438.  The  colors  of  a  regiment  will  not  be  placed  in  mourning  or  draped,  except 
when  ordered  from  the  War  Department.     Two  streamers  of  crape  seven  feet  long 
and  about  twelve  inches  wide  attached  to  the  ferrule  below  the  spearhead  will  be 
used  for  the  purpose. 

CEREMONIES. 

439.  All  ceremonies  will  be  conducted  as  prescribed  in  the  authorized  drill 
regulations. 

440.  There  will  be  daily  one  parade,  morning  or  evening,  as  the  commanding 
officer  may  direct,  which  will  not  be  dispensed  with  except  on  urgent  occasions. 
All  officers  and  men  will  be  present  unless  specially  excused  or  on  duty  incompatible 
with  such  attendance. 

441.  At  every  military  post  or  station  the  flag  will  be  hoisted  at  the  sounding  of 
the  first  note  of  the  reveille,  or  of  the  first  note  of  the  march,  if  a  march  be  played 
before  the  reveille.     The  flag  will  be  lowered  at  the  sounding  of  the  last  note  of  the 
retreat,  and  while  the  flag  is  being  lowered  the  band  will  play  "  The  Star  Spangled 
Banner."    The  national  flag  shall  be  displayed  at  a  seacoast  or  lake  fort  at  the  com- 
mencement of  an  action  and  during  a  battle  in  which  the  fort  may  be  engaged, 
wThether  by  day  or  at  night. 

442.  Troops  will  be  mustered  for  pay  on  the  last  day  of  each  month  unless  other- 
wise ordered  by  the  War  Department.     When  the  commanding  officer  can  not 
muster  all  the  troops  he  will  designate  other  officers  to  assist. 

443.  Each  stated  muster  will,  when  practicable,  be  preceded  by  a  minute  and 
careful  inspection.     If  the  command  consists  of  more  tha*i  one  company,  the  inspec- 
tion will  be  preceded  by  a  review.     If  the  day  for  muster  falls  on  Sunday,  such 
review  and  inspection  will  be  omitted. 


GUARDS — MAPS    AND   RECONNAISSANCES.  67 

444.  On  Memorial  Da}',  May  30,  at  all  army  posts  and  stations,  the  national  flag 
will  be  displayed  at  half-staff  from  sunrise  till  midday,  and  immediately  before  noon 
the  band,  or  field  music,  will  play  some  appropriate  air,  and  the  national  salute 
of  twenty-one  guns  will  be  fired  at  12  m.  at  all  posts  and  stations  provided  with  artil- 
lery.    At  the  conclusion  of  this  memorial  tribute,  at  noon,  the  flag  will  be  hoisted 
to  the  top  of  the  staff  and  will  remain  there  until  sunset.     When  hoisted  to  the 
top  of  the  staff,  the  flag  will  be  saluted  by  playing  one  or  more  appropriate  patriotic 
airs.     In  this  way  fitting  testimonial  of  respect  for  the  heroic  dead  and  honor  to 
their  patriotic  devotion  will  be  appropriately  rendered. 

ARTICLE  XLII. 

GUARDS. 

445.  The  authorized  Manual  of  Guard  Duty  is  the  guide  in  all  matters  relating  to 
duties  of  guards  not  contained  in  these  regulations. 

446.  Articles  of  camp  and  garrison  equipage  needed  for  strictly  post  or  police  pur- 
poses— as  flags,  spades,  shovels,  axes,  hatchets,  pickaxes,  and  brooms — will  be  issued 
by  the  quartermaster  on  special  requisition  of  the  officer  of  the  guard  or  officer  of 
the  day,  approved  by  the  post  commander.     These  articles  will  be  receipted  for  by 
the  officer  making  the  requisition  and  dropped  from  the  quartermaster's  returns; 
articles  other  than  those  herein  enumerated  will  be  continued  on  his  returns. 

447.  Articles  so  obtained  will  be  duly  entered,  by  the  officer  who  receives  them, 
on  the  guard  report  under  the  heading  "  Articles  in  charge."     They  will  be  carried 
on  the  report  and  daily  receipted  for  by  the  successive  officers  of  the  guard  or  day. 
When -no  longer  fit  for  use,  they  will  be  submitted  for  inspection,  and,  if  condemned, 
disposed  of  as  ordered. 

44§.  An  officer  who  receipts  for  property  so  carried  on  the  guard  report  is  not 
required  to  render  returns  thereof.  He  is  relieved  from  accountability  for  it  by  the 
receipt  of  his  successor. 

ARTICLE  XLIII. 

MAPS  AND  .RECONNAISSANCES. 

449.  The  commanding  officer  of  every  body  of  troops  ordered  to  march  will  select 
a  competent  person,  preferably  a  commissioned  officer,  to  whom  he  will  intrust  the 
special  duty  of  making  the  field  notes  and  sketches  and  keeping  the  journals  herein- 
after mentioned  for  the  preparation  of  a  map  of  the  route  traversed.     The  person  so 
selected  wrill  be  relieved  of  so  much  of  his  routine  duties  as  will  enable  him  to  per- 
form this  duty.     Daily  or  more  frequently  the  commanding  officer  will  inspect  and 
verify  the  notes  and  journal. 

450.  Journals  of  marches  will  be  kept  in  notebooks,  and  route  reconnaissances 
will  be  recorded  on  blanks.     The  books  and  blanks  will  be  furnished  by  the  Engi- 
neer Department.     If  they  can  not  be  obtained,  they  will  be  prepared  according  to 
standard  forms  as  nearly  as  practicable. 

451.  Notebooks  will  be  freely  used,  and  to  guard  against  loss  of  valuable  data 
copies  will  be  made,  verified,  and  retained,  and  the  originals  forwarded  to  depart- 
ment headquarters  at  every  convenient  opportunity.     Whenever  a  sufficient  halt  is 
made,  a  map  of  the  route  up  to  that  point,  together  with  a  report  thereon,  will  be 
transmitted  in  the  same  manner.     These  notes  will  not  be  omitted  when  passing 
over  known  routes. 

452.  General  instructions  for  the  use  and  preservation  of  instruments,  the  char- 
acter of  the  observations  to  be  specially  made,  and  the  methods  of  recording  them 
will  be  found  in  printed  notes  in  the  book  and  on  the  form  which  the  Engineer 
Department  supplies. 

453.  Requisitions  will  be  made  upon  the  Engineer  Department  for  the  necessary 
instruments,  notebooks,  and  reconnaissance  blanks. 


68  MILITARY    EDUCATION THE    MILITIA. 

ARTICLE  XLIV. 

MILITARY  EDUCATION. 

j  454.  The  military  educational  system  of  the  United  States  comprises: 

1.  The  Military  Academy  at  West  Point  for  the  education  of  cadets. 

2.  Post  schools  for  the  instruction  of  enlisted  men. 

3.  At  each  military  post  a  garrison  school  for  the  instruction  of  officers  in  sub- 

jects pertaining  to  the  performance  of  their  ordinary  duties. 

4.  Special  service  schools — 

(a)  The  Artillery  School,  Fort  Monroe,  Va. 

(6)   The  Engineer  School,  Washington  Barracks,  D.  C. 

(c)   The  School  of  Submarine  Defense,  Fort  Totten,  N.  Y. 

(d}  The  School  of  Application  for  Cavalry  and  Field  Artillery,  Fort  Riley, 

Kans. 

(e)   The  Army  Medical  School,  Washington,  D.  C. 
(/)  The  Signal  School,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans. 
(g)  The  Infantry  and  Cavalry  School,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans. 

5.  The  Staff  College,  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kans. 

6.  The  Army  War  College,  Washington,  D.  C. 

The  foregoing  are  governed  by  regulations  issued  by  the  WTar  Department. 

7.  The  military  department  of  civil  institutions  at  which  officers  of  the  Army 

are  detailed  under  the  provisions  of  law;  regulations  governing  the  courses 
of  military  instruction  and  the  detail  of  officers  at  these  institutions  are 
issued  in  orders  from  the  War  Department. 

ARTICLE  XLV. 

THE  MILITIA. 

455.  The  following  provisions  of  the  Constitution  and  laws  govern  the  calling  of 
the  militia  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  : 
The  constitutional  provisions  are — 

The  Congress  shall  have  power  *  *  *  to  provide  for  calling  forth  the  militia  to  execute  the 
laws  of  the  Union,  suppress  insurrections  and  repel  invasions; 

To  provide  for  organizing,  arming,  and  disciplining,  the  militia,  and  for  governing  such  part  of 
them  as  maybe  employed  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  reserving  to  the  States  respectively, the 
appointment  of  the  officers,  and  the  authority  of  training  the  militia  according  to  the  discipline  pre- 
scribed by  Congress.  (Art.  I,  sec.  8,  pars.  15-16.) 

The  United  States  shall  guarantee  to  every  State  in  this  Union  a  republican  form  of  government, 
and  shall  protect  each  of  them  against  invasion ;  and  on  application  of  the  legislature,  or  of  the 
executive  (when  the  legislature  can  not  be  convened)  against  domestic  violence.  (Art. 4, sec. 4.) 

In  pursuance  of  the  foregoing  delegations  of  authority  Congress  has  enacted — 

[Revised  Statutes.] 

SEC.  5288.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  or  such  person  as  he  shall  empower  for  that  purpose, 
to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  militia  thereof,  as  shall 
be  necessary  to  compel  any  foreign  vessel  to  depart  the  United  States  in  all  cases  in  which,  by  the 
laws  of  nations  or  the  treaties  of  the  United  States,  she  ought  not  to  remain  within  the  United  States. 

INSURRECTIONS. 

SEC.  5297.  In  case  of  an  insurrection  in  any  State  against  the  government  thereof  it  shall  be  lawful 
for  the  President,  on  application  of  the  legislature  of  such  State,  or  of  the  executive  when  the  legisla- 
ture can  not  be  convened,  to  call  forth  such  number  of  the  militia  of  any  other  State  or  States  which 
may  be  applied  for  as  he  deems  sufficient  to  suppress  such  insurrection,  or,  on  like  application,  to 
employ  for  the  same  purposes  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States  as  he  deems 
necessary. 


THE    MILITIA.  69 

SEC.  5298.  Whenever,  by  reason  of  unlawful  obstructions,  combinations,  or  assemblages  of  persons, 
( r  rebellion  against  the  authority  of  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  it  shall  become  impracti- 
cable, in  the  judgment  of  the  President,  to  enforce  by  the  ordinary  course  of  judicial  proceedings  the 
laws  of  the  United  States  within  any  State  or  Territory,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President  to  call 
forth  the  militia  of  any  or  all  the  States  and  to  employ  such  parts  of  the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the 
United  States  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  enforce  the  faithful  execution  of  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  or  to  suppress  such  rebellion  in  whatever  State  or  Territory  thereof  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  may  be  forcibly  opposed  or  the  execution  thereof  forcibly  obstructed. 

SEC.  5299.  Whenever  insurrection,  domestic  violence,  unlawful  combinations,  or  conspiracies  in  any 
State  so  obstructs  or  hinders  the  execution  of  the  laws  thereof  and  of  the  United  States  as  to  deprive 
any  portion  or  class  of  the  people  of  such  State  of  any  of  the  rights,  privileges,  or  immunities  or  pro- 
tection named  in  the  Constitution  and  secured  by  the  laws  for  the  protection  of  such  rights,  privileges, 
or  immunities,  and  the  constituted  authorities  of  such  State  are  unable  to  protect  or  from  any  cause 
fail  in  or  refuse  protection  of  the  people  in  such  rights,  such  facts  shall  be  deemed  a  denial  by  such 
State  of  the  equal  protection  of  the  laws  to  which  they  are  entitled  under  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States,  and  in  all  such  cases,  or  whenever  any  such  insurrection,  violence,  unlawful  combina- 
tion, or  conspiracy,  opposes  or  obstructs  the  laws  of  the  United  States  or  the  due  execution  thereof, 
or  impedes  or  obstructs  the  due  course  of  justice  under  the  same,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President, 
and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  take  such  measures,  by  the  employment  of  the  militia  or  the  land  and 
naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of  either,  or  by  other  means,  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  the 
suppression  of  such  insurrection,  domestic  violence,  or  combinations. 

[Act  of  April  22,  1898.] 

That  the  organized  and  active  land  forces  of  the  United  States  shall  consist  of  the  Army  of  the 
United  States  and  of  the  militia  of  the  several  States  when  called  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States:  Provided,  That  in  time  of  war  the  Army  shall  consist  of  two  branches  which  shall  be  desig- 
nated, respectively,  as  the  Regular  Army  and  the  Volunteer  Army  of.  the  United  States  (SO  Stats.,  361). 

[Act  of  January  21, 1903.] 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Congress 
assembled,  That  the  militia  shall  consist  of  every  able-bodied  male  citizen  of  the  respective  States, 
Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  every  able-bodied  male  of  foreign  birth  who  has  declared 
his  intention  to  become  a  citizen,  who  is  more  than  eighteen  and  less  than  forty-five  years  of  age, 
and  shall  be  divided  into  two  classes— the  organized  militia,  to  be  known  as  the  National  Guard  of 
the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,  or  by  such  other  designations  as  may  be  given  them  by 
the  laws  of  the  respective  States  or  Territories,  and  the  remainder  to  be  known  as  the  reserve  militia. 

*****  *  * 

SEC.  4.  That  whenever  the  United  States  is  invaded,  or  in  danger  of  invasion  from  any  foreign 
nation,  or  of  rebellion  against  the  authority  of  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  or  the  President 
is  unable,  with  the  other  forces  at  his  command,  to  execute  the  laws  of  the  Union  in  any  part  thereof, 
it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President  to  call  forth,  for  a  period  not  exceeding  nine  months,  such  num- 
ber of  the  militia  of  the  State  or  of  the  States  or  Territories  or  of  the  District  of  Columbia  as  he  may 
deem  necessary  to  repel  such  invasion,  suppress  such  rebellion,  or  to  enable  him  to  execute  such 
laws,  and  to  issue  his  orders  for  that  purpose  to  such  officers  of  the  militia  as  he  may  think  proper. 

SEC.  5.  That  whenever  the  President  calls  forth  the  militia  of  any  State  or  Territory  or  of  the  District 
of  Columbia  to  be  employed  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  he  may  specify  in  his  call  the  period 
for  which  such  service  is  required,  not  exceeding  nine  months,  and  the  militia  so  called  shall  con- 
tinue to  serve  during  the  term  so  specified,  unless  sooner  discharged  by  order  of  the  President. 

SEC.  6.  That  when  the  militia  of  more  than  one  State  is  called  into  the  actual  service  of  the  United 
States  by  the  President  he  may,  in  his  discretion,  apportion  them  among  such  States  or  Territories  or 
to  the  District  of  Columbia  according  to  representative  population. 

SEC.  7.  That  every  officer  and  enlisted  man  of  the  militia  who  shall  be  called  forth  in  the  manner 
hereinbefore  prescribed  and  shall  be  found  fit  for  military  service  shall  be  mustered  or  accepted  into 
the  United  States  service  by  a  duly  authorized  mustering  officer  of  the  United  States:  Provided,  how- 
ever, That  any  officer  or  enlisted  man  of  the  militia  who  shall  refuse  or  neglect  to  present  himself  to 
such  mustering  officer  upon  being  called  forth  as  herein  prescribed  shall  be  subject  to  trial  by  court- 
martial,  and  shall  be  punished  as  such  court-martial  may  direct. 

SEC.  8.  That  courts-martial  for  the  trial  of  officers  or  men  of  the  militia,  when  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  shall  be  composed  of  militia  officers  only. 

SEC.  9.  That  the  militia,  when  called  into  the  actual  service  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  subject  to 
the  same  Rules  and  Articles  of  War  as  the  regular  troops  of  the  United  States. 

SEC.  10.  That  the  militia,  when  called  into  the  actual  service  of  the  United  States,  shall,  during 
their  time  of  service,  be  entitled  to  the  same  pay  and  allowances  as  are  or  may  be  provided  by  law 
for  the  Regular  Army. 


70  THE    MILITIA CALLING   INTO    SERVICE. 

SEC.  11.  That  when  the  militia  is  called  into  the  actual  service  of  the  United  States,  or  any  portion 
of  the  militia  is  accepted  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  their  pay  shall  commence  from  the  day  of 
their  appearing  at  the  place  of  company  rendezvous.  But  this  provision  shall  not  be  construed  to 
authorize  any  species  of  expenditure  previous  to  arriving  at  such  places  of  rendezvous  which  is  not 
provided  by  existing  laws  to  be  paid  after  their  arrival  at  such  places  of  rendezvous. 

*  •*  *  *  *  #  # 

SEC.  22.  That  when  any  officer,  noncommissioned  officer,  or  private  of  the  militia  is  disabled  by 
reason  of  wounds  or  disabilities  received  or  incurred  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  he  shall  be 
entitled  to  all  the  benefits  of  the  pension  laws  existing  at  the  time  of  his  service,  and  in  case  such 
officer,  noncommissioned  officer,  or  private  dies  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  or  in  returning 
to  his  place  of  residence  after  being  mustered  out  of  such  service,  or  at  any  time,  in  consequence 
of  wounds  or  disabilities  received  in  such  service,  his  widow  and  children,  if  any,  shall  be  entitled 
to  all  the  benefits  of  such  pension  laws. 

456.  The  President's  authority  over  the  militia  is  derived  from  this  legislation. 
He  can  call  them  out  only  in  those  cases  in  which  Congress  shall  have  specifically 
provided  for  his  so  doing.     When  the  call  is  complied  with,  the  militia  becomes 
national  in  character  and  the  President  their  commander-in-chief. 

The  President  is  the  exclusive  judge  of  the  existence  of  an  exigency  justifying  the 
calling  out  of  the  militia,  and  the  executive  measures  necessary  for  giving  effect  to  the 
call  are  ministerial  acts,  which  the  Secretary  of  War  may  perform  as  the  represent- 
ative of  the  President. 

457.  Whenever  the  militia  is  called  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  the 
organized  militia  will  be  first  designated,  and  in  apportioning  quotas  according  to 
representative  population  they  will,  to  the  extent  practicable,  be  so  adjusted  as  not 
to  leave  any  State  or  Territory  unprovided  with  a  reserve  force  sufficient  to  meet  any 
emergency  then  existing  or  imminent  within  such  State  or  Territory.      Requisition 
will  be  made  by  the  War  Department  upon  governors  of  States  and  Territories,  and 
the  arm  of  the  service  and  the  number  of  organizations  thereof  required  will  be 
stated  in  the  requisitions. 

458.  Militia  called  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  will  be  mustered  in  by 
officers  of  the  Army  detailed  by  the  War  Department  for  this  purpose.     No  organi- 
zation will  be  accepted  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  which,  in  number  of 
officers  and  enlisted  men,  is  below  the  minimum  prescribed  by  the  President  or 
above  the  maximum  strength  fixed  by  law  for  such  organizations.     The  extent  of 
the  physical  examination  upon  muster-in  will  be  in  accordance  with  the  length  and 
character  of  service  for  which  the  organizations  are  called  and  will  be  prescribed 
in  orders  from  the  War  Department:  Provided,  That  in  such  States  as  shall  have 
adopted  a  standard  of  physical  examination  for  enlistment  and  reenlistment  of  the 
organized  militia  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  such  militia  shall  be  deemed 
under  the  law  "fit  for  military  service,"  and  shall  be  duly  mustered  into  the  service 
of  the  United  States  as  such.     Under  these  conditions,  as  soon  as  practicable  after 
such  muster-in,  without  interfering  with  the  supreme  duty  of  the  militia — the  defense 
of  the  country — and  in  such  a  manner  as  not  to  prevent  their  employment  against 
an  enemy,  a  physical  examination  will  be  made  by  a  medical  officer  of  the  Army 
detailed  for  the  purpose,  who  shall  note  all  cases  of  defect  and  cause  the  same  to  be 
entered  on  the  muster-roll  against  the  name  of  each  individual,  stating  in  each  case 
whether  the  defect  so  noted  existed  prior  to  the  muster-in  of  the  soldier. 

459.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  officer  designated  to  muster  into  the  service  any 
of  the  militia  of  the  several  States  to  see  that  the  muster-rolls  contain  all  information 
that  might  in  any  way  affect  pay  or  which  it  might  be  necessary  to  consider  in  the 
determination  of  claims  for  pensions.     Blank  forms  and  detailed  instructions  will  be 
forwarded  to  mustering  officers  by  the  War  Department. 

Upon  the  completion  of  the  muster-in  of  any  organization,  the  mustering  officer 
shall  forward  the  rolls  promptly  to  their  proper  destinations  as  given  in  his  detailed 
instructions. 


THE   MILITIA HOSPITAL    FOR   THE   INSANE.  71 

From  the  day  that  any  portion  of  the  militia  called  into  the  actual  service  of  the 
United  States  appear  at  their  places  of  company  rendezvous,  the  War  Department 
through  its  duly  accredited  agents  will  provide  and  deliver  subsistence  and  such 
necessary  supplementary  supplies  of  clothing,  equipment,  armament,  and  ammunition 
as  existing  laws  authorize  to  be  furnished  militia  after  arrival  at  such  places  of 
rendezvous. 

To  expedite  the  mobilization  of  the  militia  called  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States,  the  War  Department  after  consultation  with  the  governors  will  designate  con- 
venient State  rendezvous  for  assembling  companies,  batteries,  etc.,  the  General 
Government  meeting  all  authorized  expenses  incident  to  this  preliminary  concentra- 
tion from  the  day  the  militia  appear  at  their  places  of  company  rendezvous. 

460.  In  all  cases  payments  to  militia  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States  will  be  made  in  the  same  manner  as  to  organizations  of  the  Regular  Army. 

461.  At  the  termination  of  the  period  for  which  the  President  called  the  militia 
forces  into  service  they  shall  be  mustered  out  by  an  officer  of  the  Army  detailed  for 
the  purpose,  at  such  rendezvous  favorable  to  all  interests  concerned  as  may  be 
directed  by  the  War  Department.     The  mustering  officer  will  be  provided  by  the 
War  Department  with  blanks  and  detailed  instructions. 

462.  To  facilitate  the  settlement  of  claims  that  may  be  made  for  pensions  on 
account  of  disability  incurred  in  the  military  service,  that  is,  to  establish  the  rights 
of  persons  under  the  pension  laws,  as  well  as  to  protect  the  interests  of  the  United 
States,  a  thorough  physical  examination  of  all  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  militia 
will  be  made  immediately  prior  to  their  discharge  or  their  muster  out. 

463.  Specific  regulations  for  the  muster  into  and  the  muster-out  of  the  service  of 
the  United  States  will  be  published  by  the  War  Department  when  the  necessity 
arises. 

ARTICLE  XL VI. 

THE  GOVERNMENT  HOSPITAL  FOR  THE  INSANE. 

464.  The  following  classes  of  persons  are,  by  law,  entitled  to  admission  to  the 
asylum:   (1)  Officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  regular  or  volunteer  forces  who  have 
become  insane  while  in  the  military  service,  or  within  three  years  after  their  dis- 
charge therefrom,  for  causes  which  arose  during  and  were  caused  by  such  service; 
(2)  inmates  of  the  Soldiers'  Home  and  of  the  National  Home  for  Disabled  Volun- 
teer Soldiers;  (3)  civilian  employees  of  the  Quartermaster's,  Subsistence,  and  Pay 
departments  who  may  become  insane  during  such  employment;  (4)  military  con- 
victs, j 

465.  The  insane  of  the  military  service  will  be  sent  by  department  commanders, 
under  proper  escort,  to  Washington,  D.  C.,  where  they  will  be  reported  to  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  that  the  orders  of  the  Secretary  of  War  for  admis- 
sion to  the  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane  may  be  obtained. 

466.  An  application  for  admission  to  the  hospital  will  be  forwarded  in  time  to 
reach  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  at  least  one  day  before  the  arrival  of  the 
patient.     It  will  contain  a  full  description  of  the  patient,  and  will  be  accompanied 
by  a  certificate  of  the  post  surgeon  containing  the  diagnosis  and  a  detailed  account 
of  the  medical  history  of  the  case.     If  the  patient  be  a  soldier,  his  descriptive  list  and 
certificates  of  disability  will  accompany  the  application.     He  will  not  be  discharged 
from  the  service  except  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  after  his  arrival  at  the 
hospital. 

4*6  7.  An  insane  soldier  will  be  escorted  by  a  noncommissioned  officer.  When  a 
number  are  sent  at  one  time  or  when  the  patient  or  patients  are  violent,  the  depart- 
ment commander  may  order  such  addition  to  the  escort  as  may  be  necessary.  The 
noncommissioned  officer  will  report  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  by  tele- 
graph, at  least  twenty-four  hours  in  advance,  the  probable  time  and  place  of  arrival 


72  INDIANS INDIAN    COUNTRY. 

in  Washington.     After  leaving  the  patient  at  the  asylum  the  noncommissioned  officer 
will  report  to  The  Military  Secretary  for  further  instructions. 

46§.  On  the  departure  of  the  patient  from  his  station  the  commanding  officer 
will  give  such  orders  to  the  person  in  charge  as  will  provide  for  transportation  of  the 
necessary  attendants  to  the  institution  and  returning  to  their  posts,  also  subsistence 
during  their  absence.  When  payment  of  commutation,  in  lieu  of  subsistence  in 
kind,  is  permissible  under  paragraph  1249,  the  commanding  officer  may,  in  writing, 
order  commutation  for  the  patient  to  be  paid  in  advance  to,  and  receipted  for  by, 
the  noncommissioned  officer  to  whose  charge  the  patient  is  committed. 

469.  To  obtain  the  release  of  a  patient  when  cured  or  his  delivery  to  the  care 
of  friends,  application  must  be  made  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  accom- 
panied by  the  recommendation  of  the  superintendent  of  the  hospital. 

ARTICLE  XL VII. 

INDIANS. 
INDIAN  COUNTRY,  ETC. 

470.  If  any  commanding  officer  of  a  military  post  has  reason  to  suspect  or  is 
informed  that  any  white  person  or  Indian  is  about  to  introduce  or  has  introduced 
any  spirituous  liquor  or  wine  into  the  Indian  country  in  violation  of  law,  he  may 
cause  the  boats,  stores,  packages,  wagons,  sleds,  and  places  of  deposit  of  such  person 
to  be  searched;  and  if  such  liquor  is  found  therein,  the  same,  together  with  the  boats, 
teams,  wagons,  and  sleds  used  in  conveying  the  same,  and  also  the  goods,  packages, 
and  peltries  of  such  person,  shall  be  seized  and  delivered  to  the  proper  officer,  and 
shall  be  proceeded  against  by  libel  in  the  proper  court.     It  shall,  moreover,  be  the 
duty  of  any  person  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  or  of  any  Indian,  to  take  and 
destroy  any  ardent  spirits  or  wine  found  in  the  Indian  country,  except  such  as  may 
be  introduced  therein  by  the  War  Department.     In  all  cases  arising  under  sections 
2139  and  2140,  Revised  Statutes,  Indians  shall  be  competent  witnesses.     It  shall  be 
a  sufficient  defense  to  any  charge  of  introducing  or  attempting  to  introduce  ardent 
spirits,  ale,  beer,  wine,  or  intoxicating  liquors  into  the  Indian  country  that  the  acts 
charged  were  done  under  authority,  in  writing  from  the  War  Department  or  any 
officer  duly  authorized  thereunto  by  the  War  Department. 

471.  The  Indian  country  within  the  meaning  of  the  foregoing  paragraph  may  be 
denned,  in  general,  as  the  Indian  Territory,  Indian  reservations,  or  districts  occupied 
by  Indian  tribes  and  to  which  the  Indian  title  has  not  been  extinguished;  or  sec 
tions  of  country  over  which  the  operation  of  the  Indian  trade  and  intercourse  laws 
has  been  retained  by  Indian  treaty  stipulations.     Should  any  case  arise  which,  in 
the  opinion  of  the  department  commander,  does  not  appear  to  be  embraced  within 
these  definitions,  he  will  report  it  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  in  order  that  the  question 
whether  the  location  is  Indian  country  may  be  authoritatively  determined. 

4*72.  When  lands  are  secured  to  the  Indians  by  treaty  against  occupation  by  the 
whites  the  military  commanders  will  keep  intruders  off  the  same  by  military  force 
if  necessary,  until  such  time  as  the  Indian  title  is  extinguished  or  the  lands  are 
opened  by  Congress  for  settlement. 

473.  When  questions  arise  as  to  the  ownership  of  animals  in  possession  of  Indians, 
the  commanding  officer  of  the  nearest  military  post  is  authorized  and  directed  to  act 
in  conjunction  with  the  agent  in  charge  of  said  Indians  in  the  investigation  and 
determination  of  ownership. 

474.  The  introduction  into  the  Indian  country  for  the  purpose  of  sale  to,  or 
exchange  with  Indians  of  any  breech-loading  firearms  and  of  any  special  ammunition 
adapted  to  them,  and  the  sale  and  exchange  to  Indians  in  the  Indian  country  of  any 
such  arms  or  ammunition  is  prohibited.     The  introduction  into  the  country  or  dis- 


INDIANS PUECH ASES INDIAN    SCOUTS. 


73 


trict  occupied  by  any  tribe  of  hostile  Indians,  for  the  purpose  of  sale  or  exchange  to 
them,  of  arms  or  ammunition  of  any  description,  and  the  sale  or  exchange  thereof 
to  or  with  such  Indians  is  prohibited;  and  all  such  arms  or  ammunition  introduced 
by  traders  or  other  persons,  and  which  are  liable  in  any  manner  to  be  received  by 
such  hostile  Indians,  shall  be  deemed  contraband  of  war,  to  be  seized  by  any  officer 
and  confiscated. 

475.  Supplies,  stores,  and  property  of  any  kind  procured  out  of  Army  appropria- 
tions will  not  be  transferred,  in  any  way  or  under  any  circumstances,  for  the  use 
t>f  Indians  except  under  authority  first  obtained  from  the  Secretary  of  War.     Any 
officer  violating  the  terms  of  this   regulation  will  be   charged  with   the  money 
value  of  the  supplies,  stores,  or  property  transferred,  and  in  addition  be  otherwise 
held  accountable  according  to  circumstances. 

476.  Indians  held  as  prisoners  of  war  are  entitled  to  receive  necessary  subsistence, 
clothing,  medicines,  and  medical  attendance.     There  is  no  authority  of  law  permitting 
such  supplies  and  attendance  to  be  furnished  to  Indians  under  the  care  and  manage- 
ment of  the  Interior  Department.     All  Indian  prisoners  will  be  reported  on  the  post 
returns  under  the  following  form: 


Number  of 

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PURCHASES    FROM    INDIANS. 

477.  Purchases  of  cattle,  hay,  grain,  fuel,  or  other  produce  or  merchandise  which 
Indians  may  have  for  sale  and  which  may  be  required  for  the  military  service  may, 
with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  be  made  from  Indians  in  open  market,  at 
fair  and  reasonable  prices,  but  not  exceeding  the  market  prices  in  the  localities 
where  such  purchases  are  made. 

INDIAN    SCOUTS. 

478.  Indians  employed  as  scouts  under  the  provisions  of  sections  1094  and  1112, 
Revised  Statutes,  will  be  enlisted  for  periods  of  three  years  and  discharged  when  the 
necessity  for  their  services  shall  cease.     While  in  service  they  will  receive  the  pay 
and  allowances  of  cavalry  soldiers  and  an  additional  allowance  of  40  cents  per  day, 
provided  they  furnish  their  own  horses  and  horse  equipments;  but  such  additional 
allowance  will  cease  if  they  do  not  keep  their  horses  and  equipments  in  serviceable 
condition. 

479.  Department  commanders  are  authorized  to  appoint  the  sergeants  and  cor- 
porals for  the  whole  number  of  enlisted  Indian  scouts  serving  in  their  departments, 
but  such  appointments  must  not  exceed  the  proportion  of  one  first  sergeant,  five 
sergeants,  and  four  corporals  for  sixty  enlisted  Indian  scouts. 

480.  The  number  of  Indian  scouts  allowed  to  military  departments  will  be 
announced  from  time  to  time  in  orders  from  the  War  Department. 

481.  The  enlistment  and  reenlistment  of  Indian  scouts  will  be  made  under  the 
direction  of  department  commanders.     The  appointment  or  mustering  of  farriers  or 
blacksmiths  on  the  rolls  of  Indian  scouts  is  illegal. 


74  ENFORCEMENT    OF   THE    LAWS. 

482.  In  all  cases  of  enlistment  of  Indians  the  full  Indian  name,  and  also  the 
English  interpretation  of  the  same,  will  be  inserted  in  the  enlistment  papers  and  in 
all  subsequent  returns  and  reports  concerning  them. 

ARTICLE   XLVIII. 

EMPLOYMENT  OF  TROOPS  IN  THE  ENFORCEMENT  OF  THE  LAWS. 

4§3.  It  is  unlawful  to  employ  any  part  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  as  a 
posse  comitatus  or  otherwise,  for  the  purpose  of  executing  the  laws,  except  in  such 
cases  and  under  such  circumstances  as  such  employment  of  said  force  may  be 
expressly  authorized  by  the  Constitution  or  by  act  of  Congress ;  and  any  person 
willfully  violating  this  provision  will  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on 
conviction  thereof,  will  be  punishable  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  $10,000  or  imprison- 
ment not  exceeding  two  years,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment. 

4 §4.  The  provisions  of  the  Constitution  and  of  acts  of  Congress  authorizing 
the  employment  of  the  military  forces  for  the  purpose  of  executing  the  laws,  are  as 
follows: 

ARTICLE  IV  OF  THE  CONSTITUTION. 

§  4.  The  United  States  shall  guarantee  to  every  State  in  this  Union  a  republican  form  of  govern- 
ment, and  shall  protect  each  of  them  against  invasion;  and  on  application  of  the  legislature,  or  of  the 
executive  (when  the  legislature  can  not  be  convened),  against  domestic  violence. 

EVISED  STATUTES  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

CIVIL  RIGHTS. 

SEC.  1984.  The  commissioners  authorized  to  be  appointed  by  the  preceding  section  [sec.  1983]  "are 
empowered,  within  their  respective  counties,  to  appoint,  in  writing,  under  their  hands,  one  or  more 
suitable  persons,  from  time  to  time,  who  shall  execute  all  such  warrants  or  other  process  as  the  com- 
missioners may  issue  in  the  lawful  performance  of  their  duties,  and  the  persons  so  appointed  shall 
have  authority  to  summon  and  call  to  their  aid  the  bystanders  or  posse  comitatus  of  the  proper 
county,  or  such  portion  of  the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  militia,  as  may  be 
necessary  to  the  performance  of  the  duty  with  which  they  are  charged;  and  such  warrants  shall 
run  and  be  executed  anywhere  in  the  State  or  Territory  within  which  they  are  issued. 

SEC.  1989.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President  of  the  United  States,  or  such  person  as  he  may 
empower  for  that  purpose,  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of 
the  militia,  as  may  be  necessary  to  aid  in  the  execution  of  judicial  process  issued  under  any  of  the 
preceding  provisions,  or  as  shall  be  necessary  to  prevent  the  violation  and  enforce  the  due  execution 
of  the  provisions  of  this  title. 

SEC.  1991.  Every  person  in  the  military  or  civil  service  in  the  Territory  of  New  Mexico  shall  aid  in 
the  enforcement  of  the  preceding  section  [abolishing  peonage] . 


SEC.  2118.  Every  person  who  makes  a  settlement  on  any  lands  belonging,  secured,  or  granted  by 
treaty  with  the  United  States  to  any  Indian  tribe,  or  surveys  or  attempts  to  survey  such  lands,  or  to 
designate  any  of  the  boundaries  by  marking  trees,  or  otherwise,  is  liable  to  a  penalty  of  one  thousand 
dollars.  The  President  may,  moreover,  take  such  measures  and  employ  such  military  force  as  he 
may  judge  necessary  to  remove  any  such  person  from  the  lands. 

SEC.  2147.  The  superintendent  of  Indian  Aftairs,  and  the  Indian  agents  and  subagents,  shall  have 
authority  to  remove  from  the  Indian  country  all  persons  found  therein  contrary  to  law;  and  the 
President  is  authorized  to  direct  the  military  force  to  be  employed  in  such  removal. 

SEC.  2150.  The  military  forces  of  the  United  States  may  be  employed  in  such  manner  and  under 
such  regulations  as  the  President  may  direct- 
First.  In  the  apprehension  of  every  person  who  may  be  in  the  Indian  country  in  violation  of  law; 
and  in  conveying  him  immediately  from  the  Indian  country,  by  the  nearest  convenient  and  safe 
route,  to  the  civil  authority  of  the  Territory  or  jucMcial  district  in  which  such  person  shall  be  found, 
to  be  proceeded  against  in  due  course  of  law; 

Second.  In  the  examination  and  seizure  of  stores,  packages,  and  boats,  authorized  by  law; 

Third.  In  preventing  the  introduction  of  persons  and  property  into  the  Indian  country  contrary  to 
law;  which  persons  and  property  shall  be  proceeded  against  according  to  law; 

Fourth.  And  also  in  destroying  and  breaking  up  any  distillery  for  manufacturing  ardent  spirits  set 
up  or  continued  within  the  Indian  country. 


ENFORCEMENT   OF   THE    LAWS.  75 

SEC.  2151.  No  person  apprehended  by  military  force  under  the  preceding  section  shall  be  detained 
longer  than  five  days  after  arrest  and  before  removal.  All  officers  and  soldiers  who  may  have  any 
such  person  in  custody  shall  treat  him  with  all  the  humanity  which  the  circumstances  will  permit. 

SEC.  2152.  The  superintendents,  agents,  and  subagents  shall  endeavor  to  procure  the  arrest  and 
trial  of  all  Indians  accused  of  committing  any  crime,  offense,  or  misdemeanor,  and  of  all  other  per- 
sons who  may  have  committed  crimes  or  offenses  within  any  State  or  Territory,  and  have  fled  into 
the  Indian  country,  either  by  demanding  the  same  of  the  chiefs  of  the  proper  tribe,  or  by  such  other 
means  as  the  President  may  authorize.  The  President  may  direct  the  military  force  of  the  United 
States  to  be  employed  in  the  apprehension  of  such  Indians,  and  also  in  preventing  or  terminating 
hostilities  between  any  of  the  Indian  tribes. 

THE  PUBLIC  LANDS. 

SEC.  2460.  The  President  is  authorized  to  employ  so  much  of  the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the 
United  States  as  may  be  necessary  effectually  to  prevent  the  felling,  cutting  down,  or  other  destruc- 
tion of  the  timber  of  the  United  States  in  Florida,  and  to  prevent  the  transportation  or  carrying  away 
any  such  timber  as  may  be  already  felled  or  cut  down;  and  to  take  such  other  and  further  measures 
as  may  be  deemed  advisable  for  the  preservation  of  the  timber  of  the  United  States  in  Florida. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Congress 
assembled,  That  if  any  person  or  persons  shall,  after  the  passing  of  this  act,  take  possession  of,  or  make 
a  settlement  on  any  lands  ceded  or  secured  to  the  United  States,  by  any  treaty  made  with  a  foreign 
nation,  or  by  a  cession  from  any  State  to  the  United  States,  which  lands  shall  not  have  been  previously 
sold,  ceded,  or  leased  by  the  United  States,  or  the  claim  to  which  lands,  by  such  person  or  persons, 
shall  not  have  been  previously  recognized  and  confirmed  by  the  United  States;  or  if  any  person  or 
persons  shall  cause  such  lands  to  be  thus  occupied,  taken  possession  of,  or  settled;  or  shall  survey,  or 
attempt  to  survey,  or  cause  to  be  surveyed,  any  such  lands;  or  designate  any  boundaries  thereon,  by 
marking  trees,  or  otherwise,  until  thereto  duly  authorized  by  law,  such  offender  or  offenders  shall 
forfeit  all  his  or  their  right,  title,  and  claim,  if  any  he  hath,  or  they  have,  of  whatsoever  nature  or 
kind  the  same  shall  or  may  be,  to  the  lands  ai'oresaid,  which  he  or  they  shall  have  taken  possession 
of,  or  settled,  or  caused  to  be  occupied,  taken  possession  of,  or  settled,  or  which  he  or  they  shall  have 
surveyed,  or  attempt  to  survey,  or  cause  to  be  surveyed,  or  the  boundaries  thereof  he  or  they  shall 
have  designated,  or  caused  to  be  designated,  by  marking  trees  or  otherwise.  And  it  shall  moreover  be 
lawful  for  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  direct  the  marshal,  or  officer  acting" as  marshal,  in  the 
manner  hereinafter  directed,  and  also  to  take  such  other  measures,  and  to  employ  such  military  force 
as  he  may  judge  necessary  and  proper,  to  remove  from  lands  ceded  or  secured  to  the  United  States  by 
treaty  or  cession  as  aforesaid  any  person  or  persons  who  shall  hereafter  take  possession  of  the  same,  or 
make,  or  attempt  to  make,  a  settlement  thereon,  until  thereunto  authorized  by  law.  And  every  right, 
title,  or  claim  forfeited  under  this  act  shall  be  taken  and  deemed  to  be  vested  in  the  United  States, 
without  any  other  or  further  proceedings:  Provided,  That  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed 
to  affect  the  right,  title,  or  claim  of  any  person  to  lands  in  the  Territories  of  Orleans  or  Louisiana 
before  the  boards  of  commissioners  established  by  the  act  intituled  "An  act  for  ascertaining  and 
adjusting  the  titles  and  claims  to  land  within  the  Territory  of  Orleans  and  the  District  of  Louisiana," 
shall  have  made  their  reports  and  the  decision  of  Congress  been  had  thereon. 

[Section  1  of  an  act  approved  March  3rd,  1807,  perpetuated  by  sec.  5596,  Revised  Statutes.] 

The  Secretary  of  War,  upon  the  request  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  is  hereafter  authorized  and 
directed  to  make  the  necessary  detail  of  troops  to  prevent  trespassers  or  intruders  from  entering  the 
Sequoia  National  Park,  the  Yosemite  National  Park,  and  the  General  Grant  National  Park,  respec- 
tively, in  California,  for  the  purpose  of  destroying  the  game  or  objects  of  curiosity  therein,  or  for  any 
other  purpose  prohibited  by  law  or  regulation  for  the  government  of  said  reservations,  and  to  remove 
such  persons  from  said  parks  if  found  therein.  Act  of  June  6,  1900  (31  Stal.  L.,  618). 

The  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  take  such  measures  as  shall  be  necessary  to  remove  and 
destroy  any  unlawful  inclosures  of  said  (public)  lands,  and  to  employ  civil  or  military  force  as  may 
be  necessary  for  that  purpose.  Act  of  February  25,  1885  (23  Stat.  L.,  321). 

THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH. 

SEC.  4792.  The  quarantines  and  other  restraints  established  by  the  health  laws  of  any  State  respect- 
ing any  vessels  arriving  in,  or  bound  to,  any  port  or  district  thereof,  shall  be  duly  observed  by  the 
officers  of  the  customs  revenue  of  the  United  States,  by  the  masters  and  crews  of  the  several  revenue 
cutters,  and  by  the  military  officers  commanding  in  any  fort  or  station  upon  the  seacoast;  and  all 
such  officers  of  the  United  States  shall  faithfully  aid  in  the  execution  of  such  quarantines  and  health 
laws,  according  to  their  respective  powers  and  within  their  respective  precincts,  and  as  they  shall  be 
directed,  from  time  to  time,  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.  *  *  * 

EXTRADITION. 

SEC.  5275.  Whenever  any  person  is  delivered  by  any  foreign  government  to  an  agent  of  the  United 
States  for  the  purpose  of  being  brought  within  the  United  States  and  tried  for  any  crime  of  which  he 
is  duly  accused,  the  President  shall  have  power  to  take  all  necessary  measures  for  the  transportation 


76  ENFORCEMENT    OF    THE    LAWS. 

and  safe-keeping  of  such  accused  person,  and  for  his  security  against  lawless  violence,  until  the  final 
conclusion  of  his  trial  for  the  crimes  or  offenses  specified  in  the  warrant  of  extradition,  and  until  his 
final  discharge  from  custody  or  imprisonment  for  or  on  account  of  such  crimes  or  offenses,  and  for  a 
reasonable  time  thereafter,  and  may  employ  such  portion  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United 
States,  or  of  the  militia  thereof,  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  safe-keeping  and  protection  of  the  accused. 

NEUTRALITY. 

SEC.  5286.  Every  person  who,  within  the  territory  or  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States,  begins  or  sets 
on  foot,  or  provides  or  prepares  the  means  for,  any  military  expedition  or  enterprise,  to  be  carried  on 
from  thence  against  the  territory  or  dominions  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state  or  of  any  colony,  district, 
or  people  with  whom  the  United  States  are  at  peace,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  high  misdemeanor, 
and  shall  be  fined  not  exceeding  three  thousand  dollars  and  imprisoned  not  more  than  three  years. 

SEC.  5287.  *  *  *  In  every  case  in  which  a  vessel  is  fitted  out  and  armed,  or  attempted  to  be  fitted 
out  and  armed,  or  in  which  the  force  of  any  vessel  of  war,  cruiser,  or  other  armed  vessel  is  increased 
or  augmented,  or  in  which  any  military  expedition  or  enterprise  is  begun  or  set  on  foot,  contrary 
to  the  provisions  and  prohibitions  of  this  title;  and  in  every  case  of  the  capture  of  a  vessel  within 
the  jurisdiction  or  protection  of  the  United  States  as  before  defined;  and  in  every  case  in  Avhich  any 
process  issuing  out  of  any  court  of  the  United  States  is  disobeyed* or  resisted  by  any  person  having  the 
custody  of  any  vessel  of  war,  cruiser,  or  other  armed  vessel  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  or  of  any 
colony,  district,  or  people,  or  of  any  subjects  or  citizens  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  or  of  any  col- 
ony, district,  or  people,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  or  such  other  person  as  he  shall  have 
empowered  for  that  purpose,  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  ot 
of  the  militia  thereof,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  possession  of  and  detaining  any  such  vessel,  with  her 
prizes,  if  any,  in  order  to  the  execution  of  the  prohibitions  and  penalties  of  this  title,  and  to  the 
restoring  of  such  prizes  in  the  cases  in  which  restoration  shall  be  adjudged,  and  also  for  the  purpose 
of  preventing  the  carrying  on  of  any  such  expedition  or  enterprise  from  the  territories  or  jurisdiction 
of  the  United  States  against  the  territories  or  dominions  of  any  foreign  prince  or  state,  or  of  any  col- 
ony, district,  or  people  with  whom  the  United  States  are  at  peace. 

SEC.  5288.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  or  such  person  as  he  shall  empower  for  that  purpose, 
to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  "United  States,  or  of  the  militia  thereof,  as  shall 
be  necessary  to  compel  any  foreign  vessel  to  depart  the  United  States  in  all  cases  in  which,  by  the 
laws  of  nations  or  the  treaties  of  the  United  States,  she  ought  not  to  remain  within  the  United  States. 

INSURRECTION. 

SEC.  5297.  In  case  of  an  insurrection  in  any  State  against  the  government  thereof  it  shall  be  lawful 
for  the  President,  on  application  of  the  legislature  of  such  State,  or  of  the  executive  when  the  legis- 
lature can  not  be  convened,  to  call  forth  such  number  of  the  militia  of  any  other  State  or  States 
which  maybe  applied  for  as  he  deems  sufficient  to  suppress  such  insurrection,  or,  on  like  application, 
to  employ  for  the  same  purposes  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United  States  as  he 
deems  necessary. 

SEC.  5298.  Whenever,  by  reason  of  unlawful  obstructions,  combinations,  or  assemblages  of  persons, 
or  rebellion  against  the  authority  of  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  it  shall  become  impracti- 
cable, in  the  judgment  of  the  President,  to  enforce  by  the  ordinary  course  of  judicial  proceedings  the 
laws  of  the  United  States  within  any  State  or  Territory,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President  to  call 
forth  the  militia  of  any  or  all  the  States,  and  to  employ  such  parts  of  the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the 
United  States  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  enforce  the  faithful  execution  of  the  laws  of  the  United 
States,  or  to  suppress  such  rebellion  in  whatever  State  or  Territory  thereof  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  may  be  forcibly  opposed  or  the  execution  thereof  forcibly  obstructed. 

SEC.  5299.  Whenever  insurrection,  domestic  violence,  unlawful  combinations,  or  conspiracies  in 
any  State  so  obstructs  or  hinders  the  execution  of  the  laws  thereof  and  of  the  United  States  as  to 
deprive  any  portion  or  class  of  the  people  of  such  State  of  any  of  the  rights,  privileges,  or  immunities, 
or  protection  named  in  the  Constitution  and  secured  by  the  laws  for  the  protection  of  such  rights, 
privileges,  or  immunities,  and  the  constituted  authorities  of  such  State  are  unable  to  protect  or  from 
any  cause  fail  in  or  refuse  protection  of  the  people  in  such  rights,  such  facts  shall  be  deemed  a  denial 
by  such  State  of  the  equal  protection  of  the  laws  to  which  they  are  entitled  under  the  Constitution 
of  the  United  States,  and  in  all  such  cases,  or  whenever  any  such  insurrections,  violence,  unlawful 
combination,  or  conspiracy  opposes  or  obstructs  the  laws  of  the  United  States  or  the  due  execution 
thereof,  or  impedes  or  obstructs  the  due  course  of  justice  under  the  same,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the 
President,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty,  to  take  such  measures,  by  the  employment  of  the  militia  or  the 
land  and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of  either,  or  by  other  means,  as  he  may  deem  necessary 
for  the  suppression  of  such  insurrection,  domestic  violence,  or  combinations. 

Among  the  laws  to  be  enforced  under  .sections  5298  and  5299  are  the  following: 
(1)  Section  3995,  Revised  Statutes,  which  prohibits  the  obstructing  or  retarding  the 
passage  of  the  mail,  and  all  other  laws  relating  to  the  carrying  of  the  mails. 


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(2)  The  following  sections  of  an  act  approved  July  2,  1890,  entitled: 

AN  ACT  to  protect  trade  and  commerce  against  unlawful  restraints  and  monopolies. 

"^EC.  1.  Every  contract,  combination  in  the  form  of  trust  or  otherwise,  or  conspiracy  in  restraint  of 
trade  or  commerce  among  the  several  States,  or  with  foreign  nations,  is  hereby  declared  to  be  illegal. 

Every  person  who  shall  make  any  such  contract,  or  engage  in  any  such  combination  or  conspiracy, 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not 
exceeding  five  thousand  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  one  year,  or  by  both  said  punish- 
ments, in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

SEC.  3.  Every  contract,  combination  in  form  of  trust  or  otherwise,  or  conspiracy  in  restraint  of  trade 
or  commerce  in  any  Territory  of  the  United  States  or  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  in  restraint  of 
trade  or  commerce  between  any  such  Territory  and  another,  or  between  any  such  Territory  or  Ter- 
ritories and  any  State  or  States  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  with  foreign  nations,  or  between  the 
District  of  Columbia  and  any  State  or  States  or  foreign  nations,  is  hereby  declared  illegal. 

Every  person  who  shall  make  any  such  contract  or  engage  in  any  such  combination  or  conspiracy 
shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction  thereof,  shall  be  punished  by  fine  not 
exceeding  five  thousand  dollars  or  by  imprisonment  not  exceeding  one  year,  or  by  both  said  punish- 
ments, in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

(3)  The  following  section  of  an  act  approved  July  2,  1864,  entitled: 

AN  ACT  granting  lands  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  and  telegraph  line  from  Lake  Superior 
to  Puget  Sound,  on  the  Pacific  coast,  by  the  northern  route. 

SEC.  11.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall  be 
a  post  route  and  a  military  road,  subject  to  the  use  of  the  United  States  for  postal,  military,  naval, 
and  all  other  Government  service,  and  also  subject  to  such  regulations  as  Congress  may  impose 
restricting  the  charges  for  such  Government  transportation. 

(4)  The  following  section  of  an  act  approved  July  1,  1862,  entitled: 

AN  ACT  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  and  telegraph  line  from  the  Missouri  River  to  the 
Pacific  Ocean,  and  to  secure  to  the  Government  the  use  of  the  same  for  postal,  military,  and  other 
purposes. 

(The  Union  and  Central  Pacific  Railway  companies. ) 

SEC.  6.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  grants  aforesaid  are  made  upon  condition  that  said  com- 
pany shall  pay  said  bonds  at  maturity  and  shall  keep  said  railroad  and  telegraph  line  in  repair  and 
use,  and  shall  at  all  times  transmit  dispatches  over  said  telegraph  line  and  transport  mails,  troops, 
and  munitions  of  war,  supplies,  and  public  stores  upon  said  railroad  for  the  Government  whenever 
required  to  do  so  by  any  department  thereof,  and  that  the  Government  shall  at  all  times  have  the 
preference  in  the  use  of  the  same  for  all  the  purposes  aforesaid.  *  *  * 

(5)  The  following  sections  of  an  act  approved  July  27,  1866,  entitled: 

AX  ACT  granting  lands  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad  and  telegraph  line  from  the  States  of 
Missouri  and  Arkansas  to  the  Pacific  coast. 

SEC.  11.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  said  Atlantic  and  Pacific  Railroad,  or  any  part  thereof,  shall 
be  a  post  route  and  military  road,  subject  to  the  use  of  the  United  States  for  postal,  military,  naval, 
and  all  other  Government  service,  and  also  subject  to  such  regulations  as  Congress  may  impose 
restricting  the  charges  for  such  Government  transportation.  . 

SEC.  18.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Southern  Pacific  Railroad,  a  company  incorporated  under 
the  laws  of  the  State  of  California,  is  hereby  authorized  to  connect  with  the  said  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Railroad,  formed  under  this  act,  at  such  point  near  the  boundary  line  of  the  State  of  California  as  they 
shall  deem  most  suitable  for  a  railroad  line  to  San  Francisco,  and  shall  have  a  uniform  gauge  and 
rate  of  freight  or  fare  with  said  road;  and  in  consideration  thereof,  to  aid  in  its  construction,  shall 
have  similar  grants  of  land,  subject  to  all  the  conditions  and  limitations  herein  provided,  and  shall 
be  required  to  construct  its  road  on  the  like  regulations,  as  to  time  and  manner,  with  the  Atlantic 
and  Pacific  Railroad  herein  provided  for. 

SEC.  5316.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  take  any  vessel  or  cargo  detained  under  the  preceding  section 
[sec.  5315]  from  the  custody  of  the  proper  officers  of  the  customs,  unless  by  process  of  some  court  of 
the  United  States;  and  in  case  of  any  attempt  otherwise  to  take  such  vessel  or  cargo  by  any  force,  or 
combination,  or  assemblage  of  persons  too  great  to  be  overcome  by  the  officers  of  the  customs  the 
President,  or  such  person  as  he  shall  have  empowered  for  that  purpose,  may  employ  such  part  of  the 
Army  or  Navy  or  militia  cf  the  United  States,  or  such  force  of  citizen  volunteers,  as  may  be  necessary 
to  prevent  the  removal  of  such  vessel  or  cargo  and  to  protect  the  officers  of  the  customs  in  retaining 
the  custody  thereof. 


78  ENFORCEMENT    OF    THE    LAWS. 

GUANO  ISLANDS. 

SEC.  5577.  The  President  is  authorized,  at  his  discretion,  to  employ  the  land  and  naval  forces  of  the 
United  States  to  protect  the  rights  of  the  discoverer  [of  a  guano  island]  or  of  his  widow,  heir,  executor, 
administrator,  or  assigns. 

HAWAII. 

SEC.  67.  That  the  governor  shall  be  responsible  for  the  faithful  execution  of  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  and  of  the  Territory  of  Hawaii  within  the  said  Territory,  and  whenever  it  becomes  necessary 
he  may  call  upon  the  commanders  of  the  military  and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States  in  the  Terri- 
tory of  Hawaii,  or  summon  the  posse  comitatus,  or  call  out  the  militia  of  the  Territory  to  prevent  or 
suppress  lawless  violence,  invasion,  insurrection,  or  rebellion  in  said  Territory,  and  he  may,  in  case 
of  rebellion  or  invasion,  or  imminent  danger  thereof,  when  the  public  safety  requires  it,  suspend  the 
privilege  of  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus,  or  place  the  Territory,  or  any  part  thereof,  under  martial  law 
until  communication  can  be  had  with  the  President  and  his  decision  thereon  made  known.  Act  of 
April  SO,  1900  (31  Stat.  L.,  153.) 

ALASKA. 

SEC.  29.  An  act  entitled  "An  act  to  define  and  punish  crimes  in  the  district  of  Alaska,  and  to  pro- 
vide a  code  of  criminal  procedure  for  the  district,"  approved  March  third,  eighteen  hundred  and 
ninety-nine,  be,  and  is,  amended,  by  adding  to  section  three  hundred  and  sixty-three  thereof  the 
following:  "Provided,  That  section  fifteen  of  an  act  entitled  'An  act  making  appropriations  for  the  sup 
port  of  the  Army  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-nine,  and 
for  other  purposes,'  approved  June  eighteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-eight,  shall  not  be 
construed  to  apply  to  the  district  of  Alaska."  Act  of  June  6,  1900  (31  Stat.  L.,  330). 

Section  15  of  the  Act  of  June  18,  1878,  (20  Stat.  L.,  152)  above  referred  to  reads 
as  follows: 

"From  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act  it  shall  not  be  lawful  to  employ  any  part  of  the 
Army  of  the  United  States,  as  a  posse  comitatus,  or  otherwise,  for  the  purpose  of  executing 
the  laws,  except  in  such  cases  and  under  such  circumstances  as  such  employment  of  said 
force  may  be  expressly  authorized  by  the  Constitution  or  by  act  of  Congress;  and  no  money 
appropriated  by  this  act  shall  be  used  to  pay  any  of  the  expenses  incurred  in  the  employ- 
ment of  any  troops  in  violation  of  this  section." 

485.  Officers  of  the  Army  will  not  permit  troops  under  their  command  to  be  used 
to  aid  the  civil  authorities  as  a  posse  comitatus,  or  in  execution  of  the  laws,  except 
as  provided  in  the  foregoing  paragraph. 

4§6.  If  time  will  admit,  applications  for  the  use  of  troops  for  such  purposes  must 
be  forwarded,  with  statements  of  all  material  facts,  for  the  consideration  and  action 
of  the  President;  but  in  case  of  sudden  and  unexpected  invasion,  insurrection,  or 
riot,  endangering  the  public  property  of  the  United  States,  or  in  case  of  attempted  or 
threatened  robbery  or  interruption  of  the  United  States  mails,  or  other  equivalent 
emergency  so  imminent  as  to  render  it  dangerous  to  await  instructions  requested 
through  the  speediest  means  of  communication,  an  officer  of  the  Army  may  take 
such  action  before  the  receipt  of  instructions  as  the  circumstances  of  the  case  and  the 
law  under  which  he  is  acting  may  justify,  and  will  promptly  report  his  action  and 
the  circumstances  requiring  it  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  by  telegraph, 
if  possible,  for  the  information  of  the  President, 

48  7.  In  the  enforcement  of  the  laws  troops  are  employed  as  a  part  of  the  military 
power  of  the  United  States  and  act  under  the  orders  of  the  President  as  Comrnander- 
in-Chief.  They  can  not  be  directed  to  act  under  the  orders  of  any  civil  officer.  The 
commanding  officers  of  troops  so  employed  are  directly  responsible  to  their  military 
superiors.  Any  unlawful  or  unauthorized  act  on  their  part  would  not  be  excusable 
on  the  ground  of  an  order  or  request  received  by  them  from  a  marshal  or  any  other 
civil  officer. 

4§§.  Troops  called  into  action  against  a  mob  forcibly  resisting  or  obstructing  the 
execution  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States  or  attempting  to  destroy  property  belong- 
ing to  or  under  the  protection  of  the  United  States  are  governed  by  the  general  regu- 
lations of  the  Army  and  apply  military  tactics  in  respect  to  the  manner  in  which  they 


CEMETERIES.  79 

shall  act  to  accomplish  the  desired  end.  It  is  purely  a  tactical  question  in  what  man- 
ner they  shall  use  the  weapons  with  which  they  are  armed — whether  by  fire  of  mus- 
ketry and  artillery  or  by  the  use  of  the  bayonet  and  saber,  or  by  both,  and  at  what 
stage  of  the  operations  each  or  either  mode  of  attack  shall  be  employed.  This  tac- 
tical question  will  be  decided  by  the  immediate  commander  of  the  troops,  according 
to  his  judgment  of  the  situation.  The  fire  of  troops  should  be  withheld  until  timely 
warning  has  been  given  to  the  innocent  who  may  be  mingled  with  the  mob.  Troops 
must  never  fire  into  a  crowd  unless  ordered  by  their  commanding  officer,  except  that 
single  selected  sharpshooters  may  shoot  down  individual  rioters  who  have  fired  upon 
or  thrown  missiles  at  the  troops.  As  a  general  rule  the  bayonet  alone  should  be  used 
against  mixed  crowds  in  the  first  stages  of  a  revolt.  But  as  soon  as  sufficient  warn- 
ing has  been  given  to  enable  the  innocent  to  separate  themselves  from  the  guilty,  the 
action  of  the  troops  should  be  governed  solely  by  the  tactical  considerations  involved 
in  the  duty  they  are  ordered  to  perform.  They  should  make  their  blows  so  effective 
as  to  promptly  suppress  all  resistance  to  lawful  authority,  and  should  stop  the  destruc- 
tion of  life  the  moment  lawless  resistance  has  ceased.  Punishment  belongs,  not  to 
the  troops,  but  to  the  courts  of  justice. 

ARTICLE  XLIX. 

CEMETERIES. 
NATIONAL  CEMETERIES. 

4 §9.  National  cemeteries,  and  the  records  pertaining  thereto,  are  under  the  charge 
of  the  Quartermaster-General.  All  correspondence  between  his  office  and  the  officers 
of  his  department  in  charge  thereof,  and  the  civil  engineers  and  agents  especially 
employed  in  connection  therewith  will  be  direct,  and  the  monthly  reports  of  superin- 
tendents will  be  forwarded  direct  to  him. 

BATTLE-GROUND   CEMETERIES. 

490.  In  order  to  secure,  as  far  as  possible,  the  decent  interment  of  those  who  fall 
in  battle  and  to  establish  beyond  doubt  their  identity  should  it  become  desirable 
subsequently  to  disinter  the  remains  for  removal  to  a  national  or  post  cemetery,  or 
for  shipment  home,  it  is  the  duty  of  commanding  generals  to  set  apart  a  suitable 
spot  near  every  battlefield,  and  to  cause  the  remains  of  the  killed  to  be  interred 
therein  and,  when  practicable,  to  cause  to  be  placed  in  the  coffin  or  grave  a  glass 
bottle,  corked  and  sealed,  containing  a  slip  of  paper  on  which  shall  be  written  the 
name  of  the  decedent,  giving  the  cause  and  date  of  death  and  burial,  and  in  the  case 
of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man,  his  rank,  company,  regiment  or  corps,  and  bearing  the 
signature  of  the  surgeon  or  officer  in  charge  of  the  interment.     It  is  the  duty  of  the 
commanding  officer  to  cause  to  be  made  a  sketch  as  accurate  as  the  means  at  hand 
will  permit  of  the  burying  places  of  those  falling  in  battle. 

491.  Where  conditions  make  it  possible  the  company  commander  will  be  held 
responsible  that  every  grave  of  the  men  of  his  company  who  die  or  are  killed  on  the 
field  is  carefully  marked  with  a  headboard,  or  with  such  other  marker  as  may  be 
authorized  for  use  on  the  field  or  in  the  insular  possessions,  giving  the  name,  rank, 
and  organization  of  the  decedent.     He  will  report  through  the  proper  military  chan- 
nels the  date  and  cause  of  death,  which  reports  will  include  a  sketch  showing  the 
location  of  the  grave,  and  how  marked,  in  such  manner  as  will  enable  the  same  to 
be  readily  found  by  a  disinterring  corps.     When  a  soldier  or  civilian  employee  dies 
in  hospital,  the  surgeon  in  cha'rge  will  be  held  responsible  for  similar  action  and 
report. 


80  POST    CEMETEEIE8 ADVERTISING. 

POST   CEMETERIES. 

492.  The  commanding  officer  of  every  post  situated  on  public  lands  of  the  United 
States  will  see  that  a  suitable  portion  of  such  land  is,  when  practicable,  set  apart 
and  properly  maintained  for  the  burial  of  deceased  officers  and  soldiers  and  their 
families,  and  of  Government  employees. 

493.  Post  cemeteries  will  be  suitably  inclosed  with  a  wall  or  fence  of  the  best 
material  available,  and  wrill  be  maintained  by  the  labor  of  the  garrison.     Materials 
for  the  construction  and  repair  of  fences  and  headboards  will  be  furnished  by  the 
Quartermaster's  Department. 

494.  At  each  grave  will  be  placed  a  headboard,  plainly  marked  with  a  number 
and  with  the  name,  company,  regiment,  and  date  of  death  of  the  decedent,  the 
number  to  correspond  to  the  number  in  the  record  of  interments.     Headboards  will 
be  of  well-seasoned  wood,  painted  with  three  coats  of  white  paint,  4  feet  long,  10 
inches  wide,  If  inches  thick,  and  stand  2  feet  out  of  the  ground;  the  inscriptions 
in  black  letters  1  inch  long. 

495.  Walks  will  be  4  feet  wide,  neatly  rounded,  and  properly  drained  and  grav- 
eled when  the  material  is  at  hand.     When  practicable,  good  grass  sod  should  cover 
the  rest  of  the  ground,  including  the  graves,  and  native  trees  and  shrubs  will  be 
preserved  or  planted  for  ornament  and  shade. 

496.  A  record  of  interments  will  be  kept  by  the  quartermaster,  which  will  be 
turned  over  by  him,  when  relieved,  to  his  successor,  or  transmitted  to  the  Quarter- 
master-General if  the  post  be  discontinued. 

497.  A  report  containing  the  names  of  persons  buried  during  the  calendar  year, 
giving  in  each  case  number  and  locality  of  grave,  date  of  death  and  burial,  and  in 
case  of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man,  his  rank,  company,  and  regiment  or  corps,  will  be 
forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 

ARTICLE   L. 

ADVERTISING  AND  PRINTING. 

NEWSPAPER   ADVERTISING. 

No  advertisement,  notice,  or  proposal  for  any  Executive  Department  of  the  Government,  or  for  any 
bureau  thereof,  or  for  any  office  therewith  connected,  shall  be  published  in  any  newspaper  whatever, 
except  in  pursuance  of  a  written  authority  for  such  publication  from  the  head  of  such  Department; 
and  no  bill  for  any  such  advertising,  or  publication,  shall  be  paid,  unless  there  be  presented,  with 
such  bill,  a  copy  of  such  written  authority.— Sec.  3828,  Revised  Statutes. 

498.  No  official  advertisement  will  be  published  in  any  newspaper  except  under 
special  or  general  written  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War.    Special  authority  author- 
izes the  publication  of  a  given  advertisement  a  specified  number  of  times  in  a  designated 
newspaper  or  newspapers.     General  authority  is  granted  only  to  disbursing  officers 
engaged  in  making  frequent  purchases  and  contracts,  and  authorizes  the  publication, 
during  a  fiscal  year,  in  designated  newspapers,  of  such  advertisements  for  proposals 
as  their  duties  may  require.     Such  authority  will  be  granted  to  the  office,  not  to  the 
officer.     In  making  application  for  authority  to  advertise,  officers  will  specify  the 
newspapers  in  which  it  is  deemed  advantageous  to  advertise.     Due  economy  as  to 
the  number  of  newspapers  in  which  an  advertisement  is  to  appear  will  be  observed 
by  officers  having  general  authority  to  advertise,  no  greater  number  being  used  in 
any  case  than  may  be  necessary  to  give  proper  and  sufficient  public  notice. 

499.  Requests  for  authority  to  advertise  will  be  made  upon  the  prescribed  blank 
forms,  except  that  in  case  of  great  emergency,  the  nature  of  which  will  be  stated, 
authority  to  advertise  may  be  requested  by  telegraph. 

500.  When  necessary  to  readvertise,  owing  to  rejection  of  proposals  received  in 
accordance  with  a  special  authority  to  advertise,  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War 


ADVERTISING.  81 

must  be  obtained,  as  in  the  first  instance;  the  approval  of  the  original  authority  to 
advertise  does  not  confer  authority  to  readvertise. 

501.  Ordinarily  advertisements  will  be  given  six  insertions  in  daily,  or  four  in 
weekly,  papers.     When  more  than  ten  days  are  to  intervene  between  the  date  of  the 
first  publication  and  the  date  of  opening,  those  in  daily  newspapers  inviting  pro- 
posals will  at  once  be  given  four  consecutive  insertions,  and  immediately  before  the 
date  of  opening  two  consecutive  insertions.     In  case  of  emergency,  advertisements 
may  be  given  one  or  more  insertions,  as  time  and  circumstances  permit. 

502.  Advertisements  in  newspapers  announcing  sales  of  property  or  inviting  pro- 
posals for  furnishing  labor  or  supplies  will,  as  a  rule,  allow  thirty  days  to  intervene 
between  date  of  first  publication  and  date  of  sale  or  opening  of  bids.     If  necessity 
require,  a  shorter  period  may  be  allowed,  but  no  period  of  less  than  ten  days  will  be 
designated  except  in  case  of  emergency.     The  officer  who  is  accountable  for  property 
which  is  to  be  advertised  for  sale,  or  who  is  authorized  to  invite  proposals  for  furnish- 
ing labor  or  supplies,  is  the  one  upon  whom  devolves  the  duty  of  determining 
whether  an  emergency  exists  warranting  the  designation  of  a  period  less  than  ten 
days  for  the  publication  of  the  advertisement.     No  officer  will  authorize  the  pub- 
lication of  an  advertisement  beyond  the  morning  of  the  day  on  which  the  sale  or 
opening  of  bids  is  to  occur,  and  no  payments  will  be  made  for  continuing  such 
publication  beyond  the  period  authorized. 

503.  Officers  will  observe  conciseness  in  wording  advertisements,  and  the  matter, 
including  the  heading  and  the  name  and  title  of  the  signing  officer,  must  be  set  up 
close  in  one  paragraph,  without  dash  or  blank  lines,  leading  or  display,  and  in  type 
no  larger  than  that  ordinarily  used  in  advertisements.     At  offices  and  depots  where 
proposals  are  frequently  invited  it  is  not  necessary  to  publish  in  each  case  the  condi- 
tions usually  imposed  upon  bidders  and  contractors;  a  statement  that  they  will  be 
furnished  on  application  will  suffice.     The  following  is  a  sample  of  .advertisement  set 
up  in  accordance  with  these  requirements: 

PROPOSALS  FOE  FIRE  HOSE.— Office  of  Building  for  State, 
War,  and  Navy  Departments,  Washington,  D.  C.,  Nov.  5, 
1887. — Sealed  proposals  for  furnishing  and  delivering  unlined 
Linen  Hose,  Coupling,  and  Pipes,  for  west  and  center  wings 
of  building  for  State,  War,  and  Navy  Departments,  in  this 
city,  will  be  received  here  until  12  m.,  Nov.  7,  1887,  and  then 
opened.  Information  furnished  on  application.  Envelopes 
containing  proposals  should  be  indorsed  "Proposals  for  Fire 
Hose,"  and  addressed  THOS.  LINCOLN  CASEY,  Col.,  Engrs. 

Advertisements  for  quartermaster's  supplies  will  conform  to  the  requirements  of 
section  3716,  Revised  Statutes. 

504.  Newspapers  officially  designated  for  publishing  War  Department  advertise- 
ments are  required  to  forward  to  the  chief  clerk  sworn  statements  of  the  commercial 
rates  charged  by  them  to  individuals,  with  their  usual  discounts,  and  of  any  changes 
made  in  the  same.     These  statements  will  give  the  size  of  type  used  in  the  advertise- 
ments and  show  whether  the  charges  are  made  by  the  inch,  line,  square,  or  folio, 
the  rate  for  the  first  and  subsequent  insertions,  and,  if  by  the  square  or  folio,  the 
number  of  lines  or  words  constituting  a  square  or  folio.     Fractional  parts  of  an  inch, 
square,  or  folio  will  be  paid  for  at  proportionate  rates. 

505.  Vouchers  covering  bills  for  advertising  in  newspapers  must,  prior  to  pay- 
ment, be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  except  in  the  Philippines  Division, 
where  they  will  be  submitted  to  the  division  commander,  for  his  approval  before 
payment.     They  will  be  prepared  by  the  publisher,  in  duplicate,  upon  prescribed 
forms,  and  each  will  have  attached  a  copy  of  the  advertisement  cut  from  the  news- 
paper.    No  voucher  will  contain  the  account  of  more  than  one  newspaper,  nor  for 
more  than  one  advertisement.    The  date  of  first  and  subsequent  insertions;  num- 
ber of  lines,  squares,  or  folios;  'number  of  insertions  charged  and  ordered,  and  the 
amount  charged  will   be  entered  in  the  proper  columns.     The  column  headed 

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82  ADVERTISING JOB    PRINTING. 

"Amount  allowed"  will  be  left  blank.  The  receipt  should  be  signed  in  duplicate  by 
the  publisher  or  proprietor  or  other  person  authorized  to  receipt  for  money  in  the 
name  of  the  paper.  Indorsed  on  the  voucher  will  appear  a  copy  of  the  authority  of 
the  War  Department  for  the  publication,  stating  its  number.  The  accounts  thus 
prepared  will  be  forwarded  by  the  certifying  officer  direct  to  the  chief  clerk  of  the 
War  Department,  except  in  the  Philippines  Division,  where  they  will  be  forwarded 
to  the  division  adjutant-general  for  the  consideration  of  the  division  commander, 
as  soon  as  practicable  after  their  receipt  from  the  publisher  or  proprietor  of  the 
newspaper  in  which  the  advertisement  was  published,  with  an  indorsement  describ- 
ing the  inclosures,  preferably  on  letter  of  authority,  or  if  the  letter  of  authority  is 
not  in  the  hands  of  the  officer,  then  by  a  letter  of  transmittal. 

506.  Accounts  presented  to  officers  for  advertisements  which  they  did  not  order, 
but  which  are  shown  to  have  been  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  War  to  be  published 
in  the  newspaper  presenting  the  accounts  for  payment,  will  be  prepared  upon  the 
official  forms  and  transmitted  to  the  chief  clerk  of  the  War  Department  in  the  same 
manner  as  other  accounts  for  advertising.     The  following  form  of  certificate  will  be 
used  in  such  cases: 

I  certify  that  the  annexed  advertisement  was  cut  from  the  newspaper  named  in  the  above  account, 
and  that  it  was  inserted  in  that  newspaper  for  the  period  stated. 

Claims  of  publishers  of  official  newspapers  for  advertisements  copied  from  other 
papers  without  authority  from  the  Secretary  of  War  will  not  be  paid. 

507.  In  the  event  of  an  officer's  death  or  removal,  the  outstanding  bills  for 
advertisements  pertaining  to  his  office  will  be  prepared,  certified,  and  forwarded  by 
his  successor,  who  is  authorized  to  vary  the  form  to  correspond  to  the  facts.     Officers 
changing  stations  will  leave  with  their  successors  complete  records  relative  to 
unsettled  accounts  for  advertising. 

5O§.  The  heads  of  bureaus  of  the  War  Department  will  furnish  officers  charged 
with  the  publication  of  advertisements  the  necessary  blanks  for  compliance  with 
these  regulations. 

JOB    PRINTING. 

509.  The  printing  required  at  the  several  division  and  department  headquarters 
will  be  executed  under  contract,  thirty  days'  notice,  when  practicable,  being  given  of 
the  opening  oP-  proposals.     Bids  will  be  invited  and  contracts  made  in  accordance 
with  the  form  of  proposal  and  circular  of  instructions  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department.     The  period  of  the  contract  will  not  extend  beyond  the  end  of  the 
fiscal  year  in  which  made,  and  the  contract  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of 
War. 

510.  Vouchers  covering  bills  for  printing  for  division  and  department  headquarters 
will,  prior  to  payment,  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  except  for  printing  done 
in  the  Philippine  Islands  or  in  foreign  countries  near  thereto,  where  they  will  be  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  commanding  general  of  the  division,  or  of  the  department  in 
case  there  be  no  division.     They  will  be  made  out  on  prescribed  forms,  the  printing 
to  be  so  described  as  to  enable  computations  to  be  readily  reviewed  according  to  the 
customary  methods  in  use  among  book  and  job  printers.     A  sample  of  the  printing 
will  accompany  each  bill,  and  on  vouchers  for  work  classed  as  "special"  in  the  cir- 
cular of  instructions,  the  number  of  copies  and  rate  per  hundred  will  be  stated,  and 
on  vouchers  for  other  jobs  the  date  of  printing,  number  of  copies,  name  and  amount 
of  type  (number  of  thousand  ems) ,  number  of  tokens  of  press  work,  and  rates  per 
thousand  ems  and  per  token  will  be  stated.     The  voucher  will  show  grade  and  quan- 
tity of  paper  furnished  by  the  printer  and  price  charged.     The  vouchers  thus  pre- 
pared, with  the  certificate  of  the  officer  ordering  the  work,  as  to  its  necessity  and 
propriety,  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  chief  clerk  of  the  War  Department,  with 
a  letter  of  transmittal  describing  the  inclosures,  except  for  printing  done  in  the  Phil- 


FEINTING PURCHASE    OF    SUPPLIES.  83 

ippine  Islands  or  in  foreign  countries  near  thereto,  in  which  case  the  vouchers  will 
be  transmitted  to  the  division  commander.    % 

511.  Printed  letter  and  note  headings  for  division  and  department  headquarters 
will  contain  only  the  designation  of  the  headquarters,  the]  office  to  which  the  corre- 
spondence pertains,  post-office  address,  and  blank  date.     Those  for  posts,  regiments, 
and  schools  of  instruction  will  contain  only  the  designation  of  the  post,  regiment,  or 
school,  post-office  address,  and  blank  date.     Names  of  officers  or  other  persons  will 
not  be  printed  on  letter  or  note  headings  for  use  in  any  branch  of  the  military 
service. 

512.  Necessary  printing  in  special  cases  not  covered  by  contracts  for  printing  for 
division  and  department  headquarters  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  be  done  by  contract 
after  competition,  awards  being  made  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidders.     These  con- 
tracts and  all  vouchers  covering  the  service  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

513.  Officers  will,  as  a  rule,  obtain  all  blank  forms,  blank  books,  etc.,  by  requisi- 
tion upon  the  heads  of  the  proper  staff  departments. 

ARTICLE  LI. 

PURCHASE  OF  SUPPLIES  AND  ENGAGEMENT  OF  SERVICES. 
GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

514.  No  contract  or  purchase  on  behalf  of  the  United  States  shall  be  made  unless 
the  same  is  authorized  by  law,  or  is  under  an  appropriation  adequate  to  its  fulfill- 
ment, except  for  clothing,  subsistence,  forage,  fuel,  quarters,  or  transportation,  which, 
however,  shall  not  exceed  the  necessities  of  the  current  year.      No  officer  of  the 
United  States  shall  accept  voluntary  service  for  the  Government  or  employ  personal 
service  in  excess  of  that  authorized  by  law,  except  in  case  of  emergency  involving 
loss  of  life  or  destruction  of  property. 

515.  The  labor  of  troops  or  Government  employees,  or  Government  means  of 
transportation,  will  not  be  used  to  enable  contractors  to  fulfill  contracts,  except  in 
cases  of  manifest  necessity,  and  then  only  on  the  written  authority  of  the  proper 
commander.     Full  deduction  will  be  made  for  Government  services  when  rendered. 

516.  Articles  of  foreign  production  or  manufacture  for  the  service  of  the  United 
States  will  not  be  purchased  abroad  for  importation  without  special  authority  from 
the  Secretary  of  War. 

517.  Articles  of  domestic  production  or  manufacture  will  be  preferred  to  those  of 
foreign  origin,  cost  and  quality  being  equal. 

518.  Supplies,  and  services  not  personal,  required  for  the  use  of  the  Army,  will 
be  procured  where  they  can  be  purchased  the  cheapest,  quality  and  cost  of  transpor- 
tation and  the  interests  of  the  Government  considered.     Except  as  indicated  in 
paragraph  549,  and  in  the  special  regulations  of  the  several  staff  departments,  they 
will  be  procured  only  after  public  notice  inviting  proposals  for  the  same. 

Whoever  works  personally  as  a  servant  of  the  Government  renders  personal 
service  under  the  meaning  of  section  3709  of  the  Revised  Statutes.  Personal  serv- 
ices may  be  either  skilled  or  unskilled;  may  be  rendered  pursuant  to  informal  agree- 
ment or  contract,  by  individuals  or  firms,  or  their  agents;  but  all  consideration  of 
material  is  excluded. 

519.  An  officer  charged  with  the  duty  of  making  a  contract  or  purchase  is  respon- 
sible under  the  laws  and  regulations  for  his  action.     Permission  or  orders  to  make  a . 
contract  or  purchase  without  inviting  competition  will  not  justify  the  procedure,  and 
will  not  be  given. 

ADVERTISING    FOR   PROPOSALS. 

520.  In  cases  of  large  purchases  a  period  of  thirty  or  more  days  should  intervene 
between  date  of  first  publication  and  of  opening  proposals.    In  small  purchases  from 


84  ADVERTISING    FOE    PROPOSALS PROPOSALS. 

seven  to  thirty  days  should  intervene,  and  when  the  public  exigency  (constituting  an 
emergency)  does  not  permit  seven  days  to  intervene,  the  period  should  be  for  as  many 
days  as  the  circumstances  will  permit.  The  existence  of  such  emergency  is  to  be 
determined  by  the  officer  upon  whom  the  duty  of  making  the  purchase  devolves. 
Advertising  for  proposals  by  newspapers,  in  accordance  with  Article  L,  will  be 
adopted  when  time  permits,  and  the  quantity  or  value  of  the  purchase,  or  character 
of  the  services,  in  the  opinion  of  the  purchasing  officer,  will  justify  the  expense. 
In  such  cases  paragragh  502  governs  as  to  the  number  of  days  to  intervene  between 
the  first  publication  and  the  date  of  opening  proposals.  When  notice  of  less  than 
thirty  days  is  given,  advertising  by  circulars  (sent  to  principal  dealers  in  the  localities 
where  the  supplies  or  services  are  desired,  and  posted  in  public  places)  is  permissible. 
A  purchasing  officer  may  advertise  by  newspapers  and  circulars  at  the  same  time. 

521.  When  advertisements  or  specifications  thereunder  do  not  announce  fixed 
standards  for  articles  required,  they  should  be  so  worded  as  to  permit  bids  to  be  con- 
sidered item  by  item  and  awards  to  be  made  for  the  most  suitable  articles  of  each 
kind  offered. 

522.  Whenever  it  is  intended  to  require  that  guaranties  or  certified  checks  shall 
accompany  proposals,  that  fact,  the  amount  in  which  the  guarantors  are  to  justify, 
or,  if  certified  checks  are  substituted  for  the  guaranties,  the  amount  required  and  the 
periods  to  be  allowed  after  the  award  for  the  execution  of  contract  papers  and  bonds 
will  be  stated  in  the  advertisement  or  specifications. 

523.  Advertisements  inviting  proposals  will  ordinarily  be  issued  by  the  officer 
who  is  to  make  the  contract  or  purchase;  in  special  cases,  if  competent  authority  so 
direct,  they  may  be  issued  by  any  other  officer. 

524.  A  copy  of  each  advertisement  and  specification  will  be  promptly  forwarded 
by  the  officer  issuing  it  direct  to  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War  Department,  together 
with  all  information  required  for  a  complete  understanding  of  the  necessity  for  the 
proposed  contract  or  purchase,  and  in  case  of  notice  by  circular  there  will  be  indorsed 
on  it  the  names  of  persons  to  whom  sent,  and  if  issued  for  a  period  of  less  than  seven 
days  the  reason  why  a  longer  period  was  not  allowed  will  be  stated.     The  forward- 
ing of  these  notices  at  time  of  issuing  may  be  dispensed  with  at  the  discretion  of  the 
chief  of  bureau  to  which  the  proposed  contract  or  purchase  pertains. 

PROPOSALS. 

525.  Information  in  regard  to  supplies  or  services  for  which  proposals  have  been 
invited  will  be  furnished,  on  application,  to  all  persons  desiring  it,  but  no  person 
belonging  to,  or  employed  in,  the  military  service  will  render  assistance  in  the  prep- 
aration of  proposals. 

526.  Bidders  for  supplies  will  be  informed  of  the  kind,  quantity,  and  quality  of 
articles  required,  the  place,  time,  and  rate  of  delivery,  and  conditions  of  payment. 
They  will  be  furnished  with  such  specifications  as  have  been  adopted,  and  will  be 
permitted  to  examine  the  standard  samples  at  the  places  where  deposited. 

527.  Bidders  for  labor  will  be  informed  of  the  nature  and  extent  of  the  services 
required,  where  they  are  to  be  performed,  and  the  time  allowed  for  performance. 
They  will  be  furnished  with  or  allowed  to  examine  plans  and  specifications  of  all 
works  upon  which  they  desire  to  bid,  and  in  general  will  be  furnished  with  any 
information  needed  to  enable  them  to  act  understandingly. 

528.  No  person  will  be  informed,  directly  or  indirectly,  of  the  name  of  anyone 
intending  to  bid  or  not  to  bid,  or  to  whom  information  in  respect  to  proposals  has 
been  given. 

529.  Proposals  should  be  prepared  in  duplicate,  or  in  triplicate  if  required,  in 
strict  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  advertisement  or  specifications.     They 
should  make  specific  reference  to  the  advertisement  and  to  any  plans  or  specifications 
which  may  have  been  furnished.     Each  proposal  should  give  the  place  of  residence 


PROPOSALS.  85 

and  post-office  address  of  the  bidder,  with  county,  State,  or  Territory,  and  should 
be  signed  by  the  bidder  with  his  usual  signature  in  full. 

530.  A  proposal  by  a  person  who  affixes  to  his  signature  the  word  " president," 
"secretary,"  ''agent,"  or  other  designation,  without  disclosing  his  principal,  is  the 
proposal  of  the  individual.     Proposals  by  a  corporation  should  be  signed  with  the 
name  of  the  corporation,  followed  by  the  signature  of  the  president,  secretary,  or 
other  person  authorized  to  bind  it  in  the  matter,  who  should  file  evidence  of  his 
authority  to  do  so.     Proposals  by  a  firm  should  be  signed  with  the  firm  name  by  one 
of  the  members  of  the  firm.     If  the  signature  to  a  proposal  is  that  of  an  officer, 
attorney,  or  agent  of  the  corporation,  or  of  an  attorney  or  agent  of  a  firm  or  indi- 
vidual, and  his  authority  to  act  on  behalf  of  his  principal  is  not*  a  matter  of  general 
notoriety  in  the  locality  where  the  proposals  are  opened,  the  officer  who  opens  such 
proposals  should,  before  considering  the  same,  satisfy  himself  that  the  signer  is  vested 
with  sufficient  authority  to  represent  his  principal  in  the  transaction. 

531.  In  proposals  numbers  and  prices  will  be  written  in  words  as  well  as  expressed 
in  figures;  but  when  a  great  variety  of  articles,  such  as  stationery,  hardware,  etc.,  is 
required,  quantities  and  prices  may,  if  the  amounts  involved  are  inconsiderable  and 
the  forms  of  proposals  so  indicate,  be  expressed  in  figures  only.     It  will  be  sufficient 
if  specifications  are  referred  to  and  are  declared  to  form  part  of  the  proposal. 

532.  Erasures  or  interlineations  should  be  explained  by  the  bidder,  in  the  pro- 
posal, over  his  signature. 

533.  Guaranties,  signed  by  two  responsible  parties,  or -by  a  qualified  surety  com- 
pany, will  be  required  to  accompany  proposals  whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  officer 
authorized  to  make  the  contract,  they  are  necessary  to  protect  the  public  interests, 
and  when  so  required,  no  proposal  unaccompanied  by  a  guaranty,  made  in  manner 
and  form  as  directed  in  the  advertisement  or  specifications,  will  be  considered.     At 
the  option  of  bidders  certified  checks  for  the  amount  of  the  guaranty  required  may 
bo  received  in  place  of  the  written  guaranty.     These  checks  will  be  kept  in  a  secure 
place,  and  will  be  returned  to  bidders  by  the  purchasing  officer  when  110  longer 
required  to  protect  the  interests  of  the  government. 

534.  The  guaranty  will  be  in  duplicate,  or  in  triplicate  if  required,  and  will  be 
made  out  and  executed  with  the  necessary  justification,  in  accordance  with  blank 
forms  furnished   by  chiefs  of  bureaus.     The  certificate  of  sufficiency  of  guarantors 
will  be  executed  in  the  manner  prescribed  in  paragraph  57G. 

535.  Proposals,  with  their  guaranties,  will  be  securely  sealed  in  suitable  envelopes 
indorsed  and  addressed  as  required  by  the  advertisement,  and  must  be  in  the  posses- 
sion of  the  officer  addressed  before  the  hour  appointed  for  the  opening.     No  responsi- 
bility will  attach  to  an  officer  for  the  premature  opening  r»f  any  proposal  not  so 
indorsed  as  to  clearly  show  its  character. 

536.  When  an  advertisement  calls  for  proposals  to  furnish  labor  or  supplies  at 
more  than  one  place,  a  separate  proposal  will  be  made  for  performance  at  each  place, 
but  all  may  be  submitted  in  the  same  envelope. 

537.  Proposals  received  prior  to  the  time  of  opening  will  be  securely  kept.     The 
officer  whose  duty  it  is  to  open  th«m  will  decide  when  that  time  has  arrived,  and  no 
proposal  received  thereafter  will  be  considered. 

53§.  Before  the  time  for  opening  any  bidder  may,  without  prejudice,  withdraw 
from  competition  by  giving  written  notice  of  his  decision  to  the  officer  holding  his 
bid,  and  when  his  bid  is  reached  at  the  opening  it  will  be  returned  to  him  or  his 
authorized  agent  unread. 

539.  Proposals  will  be  opened  and  read  aloud  at  the  time  and  place  appointed  for 
the  opening  (bidders  having  the  right  to  be  present),  and  each  proposal  will  then 
and  there  be  numbered  and  entered  on  an  abstract,  the  articles  being  entered  in  the 
order  in  which  they  are  to  appear  on  the  returns.  Articles  to  be  procured  by  con- 
tract will  be  abstracted  separately  from  those  to  be  procured  on  written  acceptance. 


86  PROPOSALS AWARDS FORMS    OF    AGREEMENT. 

If  the  number  of  proposals  is  large,  those  relating  to  specific  articles  or  classes  of 
articles  may  be  entered  on  separate  abstracts.  The  number  of  each  proposal,  with  the 
quantities  and  prices  of  articles  offered  and  dates  of  delivery,  will  appear  in  the  proper 
columns,  and  a  copy  of  the  advertisement  or  notice  under  which  the  proposals  are 
received,  with  a  copy  of  the  specifications,  if  any,  will  be  attached  to  the  upper  left- 
hand  corner  of  the  abstract.  When  two  or  more  sheets  are  used  for  the  abstract,  they 
will  be  properly  fastened  together  and  paged  on  the  upper  right-hand  corner. 

540.  Proposals  will  be  separately  folded  and  numbered  a&  vouchers  to  the  abstract. 
They  will  not  be  fastened  together  nor  to  contracts,  except  to  the  copy  required  to  be 
sent  to  the  Returns  Office  of  the  Department  of  the  Interior. 

541.  When  proposals  are  received  at  a  post,  unless  by  an  officer  authorized  to 
make  the  award,  as  in  cases  involving  small  expenditures,  they  and  the  abstract  will 
be  forwarded  to  department  headquarters,  with  the  recommendations  of  the  receiv- 
ing officer  and  the  post  commander  as  to  the  person  to  whom  the  award  should  be 
made.     When  a  purchasing  officer,  acting  under  the  direct  supervision  of  a  chief  of 
bureau,  has  invited  and  received  proposals,  he  will  make  the  award  and  execute  the 
necessary  papers,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  chief  of  bureau. 

AWARDS. 

542.  When  proposals  for  supplies  for  the  general  service  of  a  department  are 
received  at  its  headquarters,  the  chief  officer  of  that  branch  of  the  staff  to  which 
they  pertain  will  submit  them  to  the  department  commander,  and,  under  his  super- 
vision, will  make  the  award  and  execute  the  necessary  papers,  unless,  under  exist- 
ing orders,  the  action  of  higher  authority  is  necessary. 

543.  Except  in  rare  cases,  when  the  United  States  elects  to  exercise  the  right  to 
reject  proposals,  awards  will  be  made  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  whose  pro- 
posal for  furnishing  a  proper  article  is  not  unreasonable. 

544.  Slight  failures  on  the  part  of  a  bidder  to  comply  strictly  with  the  terms  of 
an  advertisement  should  not  necessarily  lead  to  the  rejection  of  his  bid,  but  the 
interests  of  the  Government  will  be  fully  considered  in  making  the  award. 

545.  When  no  guaranty  is  required,  bidders  must,  if  called  upon  by  the  award- 
ing officer,  furnish  satisfactory  evidence,  before  the  award  is  made,  of  their  ability  to 
carry  their  proposals  into  effect. 

546.  The  accepted  quantity  and  price  will  be  noted  on  the  abstract  of  proposals 
in  the  column  of  "Remarks,"  opposite  the  name  of  the  bidder.     If  a  bid  is  rejected 
and  one  at  a  higher  price  accepted,  the  reason  for  the  rejection  will  be  written  in 
the  column  of  remarks.     When  contracts  are  made,  the  fact  will  be  stated  in  the 
abstract. 

ABSTRACTS   OF    PROPOSALS. 

547.  A  copy  of  each  abstract,  in  those  cases  where  contracts  are  to  be  entered 
into,  made  as  directed  in  paragraphs  539,  541,  and  546,  accompanied  by  a  duplicate 
of  each  proposal  received,  will,  as  soon  as  considered,  be  forwarded  to  the  proper 
bureau  of  the  War  Department.     When  the  purchase  of  supplies  or  engagement  of 
services  is  made  through  written  proposal  and  written  acceptance  only,  the  abstract 
and  proposals  need  not  be  forwarded  unless  specially  directed. 

FORMS   OF   AGREEMENT. 

548.  A  purchase  of  supplies  or  engagement  of  services  will  be  made: 

1.  By  contract,  "  reduced  to  writing  and  signed  by  the  contracting  parties  with 
their  names  at  the  end  thereof."  Agreements  of  this  character  only  are  termed 
"contracts"  in  these  regulations.  This  method  will,  subject  to  such  exceptions  as 
may  be  authorized  by  regulations  of  particular  staff  departments,  be  used  when 
delivery  or  performance  does  not  immediately  follow  an  award  or  bargain. 


OF  THE     "        \ 

UNIVERSITY   ! 

V  FOtfMS    OF    AGREEMENT CONTRACTS.  87 

^s^p4  L I F  0  R  V^pS 

2.  By  written  proposal  and  written  acceptance.     This  method  may  be  resorted  to 
when  delivery  or  performance  immediately  follows  award  or  bargain  or  when  spe- 
cifically authorized  by  the  regulations  of  the  staff  department  concerned. 

3.  By  oral  agreement.     This  method  may  be  used  under  circumstances  indicated 
in  paragraph  549,  if  delivery  or  performance  immediately  follow  the  agreement. 

549.  An  open-market  purchase  of  supplies  or  engagement  of  services  is  one  made 
without  advertising,  and  is  authorized  in  the  following  cases: 

1.  In  an  emergency,  as  when  the  public  exigencies  require  immediate  delivery  or 
performance  and  there  is  no  time  to  advertise  by  newspapers,  posters,  or  circulars. 

2.  When  it  is  impracticable  to  secure  competition. 

3.  When  proposals  have  been  invited  and  none  have  been  received. 

4.  When  proposals  are  above  the  market  price  or  otherwise  unreasonable. 

550.  Before  making  a  purchase  in  open  market  the  officer  will  inform  himself 
concerning  prevailing  prices  by  inquiry  among  principal  dealers  in  his  locality. 

551.  Open  purchases  for  the  military  service  on  or  near  an  Indian  reservation 
will  be  made  as  far  as  practicable  from  the  Indians,  under  the  conditions  set  forth 
in  paragraph  477,  when  fair  and  reasonable  rates,  not  exceeding  the  market  prices  in 
the  locality,  can  be  obtained. 

552.  An  officer  of  any  department  who  makes  an  open-market  emergency  pur- 
chase (paragraph  549,  1)  exceeding  $200  in  amount  will  transmit  with  his  monthly 
money  accounts  a  report  setting  forth  the  number  of  the  voucher,  the  date  and  place 
of  purchase,  name  of  seller,  the  kind  and  total  money  value  of  supplies  so  purchased, 
and  the  reasons  for  the  mode  adopted  in  each  case.     The  head  of  the  bureau  will 
submit  these  reports  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

CONTRACTS. 

553.  Contracts  will  be  made  on  forms  furnished  by  the  chiefs  of  bureaus,  in  cases 
where  such  forms  are  applicable,  and  those  forms  will  be  modified  only  to  such 
extent  as  is  necessary.     When  modifications  are  made  they  must  be  fully  explained 
over  the  signatures  of  the  contracting  parties.     All  conditions  of  the  contract  will  be 
stated  therein  as  fully  and  clearly  as  possible. 

554.  Contracts  will  be  made  in  the  name  of,  and  will  be  signed  by,  the  officer 
designated  by  the  chief  of  bureau  to  which  the  contracts  pertain.     They  will  not  be 
made  at  posts  unless  ordered  by  superior  authority,  and  they  will  not  be  so  ordered 
unless  the  stores  or  services  required,  of  proper  quality  or  kind,  can  be  procured  as 
cheaply  there  as  elsewhere. 

555.  At  territorial  department  headquarters  (Philippine  Islands  excepted)  con- 
tracts may  be  made  by  chiefs  of  supply  departments  for  purchasing  fuel,  forage, 
fresh  meat,  ice,  and  fresh  vegetables,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  commanding 
general  of  the  department,  to  wtfom  the  contracts  will  be  forwarded,  accompanied 
by  the  abstract  required  by  paragraph  539,  and  who  before  approval  will  subject 
them  to  careful  scrutiny  and  exercise  the  intervening  authority  conferred  by  para- 
graph 754.     In  the  Philippine  Islands  the  same  authority  is  extended  to  the  chiefs 
of  supply  departments  at  territorial  division  and  department  headquarters,  and  to  the 
depot  commissary  at  Manila,  when  making  contracts  for  supplies  for  the  army  and  for 
rendering  services  other  than  personal. 

556.  Purchasing  officers  of  the  several  staff  corps  and  departments,  who  are 
under  the  direct  supervision  of  the  chiefs  of  their  respective  bureaus,  are  authorized 
to  make  contracts  for  the  purchase  of  supplies  and  for  rendering  services  other  than 
personal,  without  the  approval  of  the  chief  of  bureau  in  each  specific  case,  subject  to 
such  restrictions  and  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  chief  of  bureau  to 
which  the  supplies  or  services  pertain. 

557.  When  a  contract  is  entered  into  with  a  partnership,  the  individual  names  of 
the  partners  should  be  given  in  the  body  of  the  instrument,  with  the  recitation  that 


88  CONTRACTS DISBURSING    OFFICERS'    BONDS. 

they  are  partners  composing  a  firm,  which  should  be  named,  and  it  may  be  signed 
in  the  name  of  the  partnership  by  one  of  the  partners,  who  will  append  his  own 
signature  as  one  of  the  firm. 

55§.  A  contract  of  a  corporation  should  have  the  name  of  the  corporation  written 
in  the  body  of  the  instrument,  as  one  of  the  parties  thereto,  and  should  be  signed  by 
the  officer  or  person  who  has  been  authorized  to  contract  in  its  behalf,  who  should 
sign  the  corporate  name  and  his  own.  The  contracting  officer  will,  in  all  cases, 
satisfy  himself  that  the  signer  has  authority  to  bind  the  corporation,  and  will  either 
require  from  him  satisfactory  evidence  thereof,  and  file  the  same  with  the  contract, 
or  will  certify  on  the  contract  that  he  has  satisfied  himself  of  the  signer's  authority 
and  has  waived  this  requirement.  If  evidence  be  filed  with  the  contract,  it  should 
consist  of  extracts  from  the  articles  of  incorporation,  the  by-laws,  or  the  minutes  of 
the  board  of  directors,  duly  certified  by  the  custodian  of  such  records  under  the  cor- 
porate seal  (if  there  be  one)  showing  the  signer  to  be  properly  vested  with  authority 
to  bind  the  corporation. 

559.  All  contracts  will  be  executed  in  triplicate.     One  number  is  for  the  Auditor 
for  the  War  Department,  one  for  the  head  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  contract  per- 
tains, and  one  for  the  contractor.     Two  copies  will  be  made,  one  for  the  contracting 
officer,  and  the  other  for  the  Returns  Office  of  the  Department  of  the  Interior. 

560.  The  three  numbers  of  the  contract  will  be  forwarded  to  the  head  of  the 
proper  bureau  for  examination  and  for  approval,  if  such  approval  is  required. 
Should  any  illegality  be  discovered,  it  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

561.  The  copy  of  the  contract  for  the  Returns  Office  of  the  Department  of  the 
Interior  will  be  transmitted  thereto  through  the  head  of  the  bureau  to  which  the 
contract  pertains,  as  soon  as  possible  after  the  contract  has  been  made  and  approved, 
and  within  thirty  days,  together  with  one  copy  of  all  bids,  offers,  and  proposals  made 
by  persons  to  obtain  the  contract,  and  by  a  copy  of  the  advertisement;  all  of  which 
will  be  fastened  together  with  a  ribbon  and  seal,  and  numbered  in  regular  order, 
with  the  affidavit  of  the  contracting  officer  appended  in  the  following  form : 

I  do  solemnly  swear  that  the  copy  of  contract  hereto  annexed  is  an  exact  copy  of  a  contract  made 

by  me  personally  with ;  that  I  made  the  same  fairly,  without  any  benefit  or  advantage 

to  myself,  or  allowing  any  such  benefit  or  advantage  corruptly  to  the  said or  any  other 

person;  and  that  the  papers  accompanying  include  all  those  relating  to  the  said  contract,  as  required 
by  the  statute  in  such  case  made  and  provided. 

562.  The  number  of  the  contract  for  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  will 
be  sent  to  him  by  the  head  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  contract  pertains,  and  in  case 
of  a  purchase  made  by  an  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  or  Subsistence  Department 
after  public  notice  of  seven  days  or  more,  this  number  must  be  accompanied  by  a 
copy  of  the  advertisement,  a  certificate  of  the  contracting  officer  as  to  the  time  and 
manner  of  its  publication,  and  his  certificate  that  the  award  was  made  to  the  lowest 
responsible  bidder  for  the  best  and  most  suitable  article. 

563.  All  papers  relating  to  or  affecting  the  performance  of  any  contract  will  finally 
be  transmitted  to  the  bureau  of  the  War  Department  to  which  the  contract  pertains, 
except  as  provided  in  paragraph  709. 

MARKING    SUPPLIES   BY   CONTRACTORS. 

564.  Contractors  furnishing  supplies  will  mark  and  distinguish  them  with  their 
names  and  with  such  other  designations  as  shall  be  directed  by  the  purchasing  officer. 

ARTICLE  LII. 

BONDS  OP  DISBURSING  OFFICERS,  BIDDERS,  AND  CONTRACTORS. 

565.  Disbursing  officers  of  the  Quartermaster's,  Subsistence,  and  Pay  departments, 
before  entering  upon  the  duties  of  their  respective  offices,  will  give  bonds  as  required 


CONTRACTORS'  BONDS — SURETIES.  89 

by  law.  Chiefs  of  bureaus  will  see  that  such  bonds  are  examined  as  to  sufficiency  of 
sureties  at  least  once  in  two  years,  and  renewed  once  in  four  years,  or  more  frequently 
if  necessary. 

566.  Sureties  to  bonds  given  by  disbursing  officers  will  be  bound  jointly  and 
severally  for  the  whole  amount  expressed  therein,  and  must  satisfy  the  Secretary  of 
War  that  they  are  worth,  jointly,  double  such  amount,  each  surety  making  affidavit 
that  he  is  worth  that  sum  over  and  above  his  debts  and  liabilities,  and  stating  in  the 
affidavit  his  place  of  residence. 

567.  Bonds  for  the  faithful  performance  of  contracts  for  supplies  or  service  will 
be  required  when  the  consideration  is  $5,000  or  more  and  the  contract  can  not  be 
fully  performed  within  sixty  days  from  its  date. 

Bonds  may  be  exacted  or,  in  the  discretion  of  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  concerned, 
waived  in  all  other  cases,  except  that  bonds  required  under  paragraph  570  will  not 
be  waived. 

The  amount  of  penalty  in  a  contractor's  bond  will  be  fixed  by  the  contracting  offi- 
cer, and  will  not  be  less  than  one-tenth  nor  more  than  the  full  amount  of  the  con- 
sideration of  the  contract. 

56§.  When  bonds  for  the  faithful  performance  of  contracts  are  exacted  they  will 
be  made  and  executed  with  the  necessary  justification  and  certification  of  sufficiency 
of  sureties,  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  printed  on  the  blank  forms  of  con- 
tractors' bonds  furnished  by  the  chiefs  of  bureaus.  Such  bonds  must  be  executed 
by  the  contractor  as  principal  and  by  a  surety  company  or  by  at  least  two  sufficient 
and  responsible  persons,  who  must  be  citizens  of  the  United  States,  as  sureties.  Each 
must  affix  his  signature  and  seal,  and  each  signature  must  be  attested  by  at  least  one 
witness.  When  practicable  there  will  be  a  separate  witness  to  each  signature.  Sure- 
ties to  bonds  executed  in  any  foreign  country,  or  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  Porto 
Rico,  or  Hawaii,  for  the  performance  of  contracts  entered  into  in  those  places,  need 
not  be  citizens  of  the  United  States. 

569.  Contractors'  bonds  will  be  executed  in  duplicate,  one  to  accompany  the  num- 
ber of  the  contract  which  is  sent  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department,  and  the 
other  forwarded  to  the  head  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  contract  pertains. 

570.  When  a  contract  is  entered  into  for  the  construction  of  any  public  building^ 
or  the  prosecution  and  completion  of  any  public  work,  or  for  repairs  on  any  public 
building  or  public  work,  the  contractor  will  be  required,  before  entering  upon  per- 
formance of  the  same,  to  include  in  the  bond  given  for  the  faithful  performance  of 
the  contract  the  further  obligation  that  he  will  promptly  make  payments  to  all 
persons  who  supply  him   labor  and   materials  for  the  prosecution  of  the  work 
provided  for  in  such  contract.     A  certified  copy  of  this  contract  and  bond  will  be 
furnished  to  any  person  who  has  supplied  such  labor  or  materials,  upon  his  applica- 
tion to  the  War  Department,  accompanied  by  an  affidavit  that  the  labor  or  materials, 
have  been  supplied  by  him  and  have  not  been  paid  for  by  the  contractor. 

571.  A  company  duly  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  of  any 
State,  and  legally  authorized  to  guarantee  bonds,  may  be  accepted  as  surety  under 
the  conditions  prescribed  in  this  article.     Lists  of  such  security  companies  as  have 
conformed  to  the  requirements  of  law  will  be  published  from  time  to  time  by  the 
War  Department.     A  firm,  as  such,  will  not  be  accepted  as  surety,  nor  a  partner 
for  a  copartner  or  firm  of  which  he  is  a  member.     Stockholders  who   are   not 
officers  of  a  corporation  may  be  accepted  as  sureties  for  such  corporations. 

572.  When  the  principal  of  the  bond  is  a  corporation,  a  copy  of  the  record  of  the 
selection  of  the  officers  executing  the  bond  in  its  behalf,  and  a  copy  of  the  by-law  or 
other  record  of  the  proceedings  of  the  governing  body  of  the  corporation,  showing 
their  authority  to  execute  the  same,  will  be  attached  to  the  bond;  these  copies  to 
be  certified  by  the  custodian  of  such  records,  under  the  seal  of  the  corporation,  to  be 
correct  copies. 


90  SURETIES. 

573.  Before  a  corporation  will  be  accepted  as  surety  there  must  be  filed  with  the 
Secretary  of  War,  or  attached  to  the  bond,  a  copy  of  the  record  of  the  selection  of  the 
officers  who  have  authority  to  execute  the  bond  or  bonds  on  behalf  of  the  company, 
as  well  as  a  copy  of  the  by-laws  or  other  records  showing  their  authority;  these 
copies  to  be  duly  certified  by  the  custodian  of  such  records,  under  the  seal  of  the  cor- 
poration, to  be  correct  copies.     There  will  also  be  filed  with  the  Secretary  of  War  an 
itemized  statement  of  the  financial  condition  of  the  company,  showing  its  assets  and 
liabilities,  signed  and  sworn  to  by  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  company.     The 
financial  statement  will  be  furnished  quarterly  without  being  called  for,  and  the 
evidence  as  to  the  selection  of  the  officers  of  the  company  will  be  furnished  imme- 
diately after  their  election,  and  whenever  any  change  is  made  in  their  authority  to 
execute  bonds  evidence  thereof  will  be  immediately  furnished. 

574.  Before  a  corporation  will  be  accepted  as  surety  it  must  obtain  authority  in 
writing  from  the  Attorney-General  to  do  business,  under  the  act  of  August  13,  1894, 
and  must  file  with  the  Secretary  of  War  a  copy  of  such  authority,  duly  certified  as  a 
true  copy  by  the  Department  of  Justice. 

575.  Before  a  corporation  will  be  accepted  as  surety  on  the  bond  of  a  principal 
residing  in  a  State  or  Territory  other  than  the  one  in  which  it  was  incorporated  it 
must  comply  with  the  requirements  of  section  2  of  act  of  August  13,  1894,  as  to  the 
appointment  of  an  agent  on  whom  process  may  be  served,  etc.,  and  must  file  with 
the  Secretary  of  War  a  copy  of  the  power  of  attorney  to  such  agent,  authenticated 
under  the  seal  of  the  United  States  district  court  for  the  judicial  district  within  which 
the  agent  resides,  or  the  certificate  of  the  Department  of  Justice  that  the  company 
has  complied  with  the  provisions  of  section  2  of  said  act  of  August  13,  1894. 

576.  The  sureties,  if  individuals,  must  jointly  justify  in  double  the  amount  of  the 
penalty.     The  affidavit  of  justification  must  be  taken  before  a  person  authorized  by 
the  laws  of  the  United  States,  State,  Territory,  or  District  to  administer  oaths.     Jus- 
tification will  be  followed  by  the  certificate  of  a  judge  or  clerk  of  a  United  States 
court,  a  United  States  district  attorney,  a  United  States  commissioner,  or  a  judge  or 
clerk  of  a  State  court  of  record,  with  the  seal  of  said  court  attached,  that  the  sureties 
are  known  to  him,  and  that,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief,  each  is  worth, 
over  and  above  all  debts  and  liabilities,  the  sum  stated  in  his  affidavit  of  justification. 
If  found  necessary,  separate  certificates  may  be  furnished  as  to  each  surety.     The 
affidavits  of  justification  of  sureties  to  contractors'  bonds  executed  in  any  foreign 
•country,  or  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  Porto  Rico,  or  Hawaii,  may  be  taken  before 
a  notary  or  any  other  officer  having  a  seal  and  who  by  the  laws  of  the  place  is 
authorized  to  administer  such  oaths,  the  official  seal  of  the  notary  or  other  officer  to 
be  affixed.     The  certification  of  sufficiency  of  such  sureties  may  be  made  by  a  United 
States  consul,  if  any,  by  a  notary,  or  by  the  judge  or  clerk  of  any  court  in  such  place 
having  a  seal,  the  official  seal  of  the  officer  or  court  to  be  affixed.     The  regular  blank 
forms  of  bonds  when  used  as  above  will  be  modified  accordingly  and  the  changes 
will  be  fully  explained  over  the  signatures  and  seals  of  all  parties  to  the  bond. 

577.  A  guarantor,  or  the  guarantors,  to  a  bidder's  guaranty  may  be  accepted  as 
surety,  or  sureties,  to  the  bond  of  the  same  person  as  contractor,  provided  such 
guarantor  or  guarantors  are  able  to  justify  as  required  for  the  bond. 

578.  The  principal  and  surety  must  sign  and  seal  the  bond.     The  corporate  seal 
of  the  corporation  must  be  affixed  to  the  bond  by  some  person  duly  authorized,  who 
must  also  affix  the  name  of  the  corporation  to  it,  followed  by  his  own  signature  and 
official  designation  written  after  the  word  l '  by. ' '     The  names  and  places  of  business 
of  the  principal  and  surety  must  be  written  in  the  body  of  the  bond. 

579.  In  case  of  financial  embarassment,  failure,  or  other  disqualifying  cause  on 
the  part  of  the  surety  to  a  bond,  the  Secretary  of  War  will  require  the  bond  to  be 
renewed  to  his  satisfaction,  upon  notification  to  the  principal.     Official  bonds  may 
not  be  renewed  at  the  will  of  the  principal  or  surety,  but  only  by  direction  of  the 


THE    PUBLIC   MONEYS DISBURSING    OFFICER? .  91 

Secretary,  and  the  substitution  of  one  corporate  company  for  another  as  surety  on  a 
bond  will  not  be  permitted  except  by  direction  of  the  Secretary,  or  after  the  bond 
has  run  for  a  period  of  four  years,  when  a  renewal  thereof  is  required  by  law. 

ARTICLE   LIII. 

MONEY  ACCOUNTABILITY. 
PUBLIC  MONEYS. 

580.  The  use  of  moneys  for  purposes  other  than  those  for  which  appropriated, 
liquidation  of  liabilities  of  one  fiscal  year  by  use  of  moneys  appropriated  for  another, 
and  expenditures  in  a  fiscal  year  of  any  sum  in  excess  of  appropriations  for  that 
year,  or  involving  the  Government  hi  any  contract  for  future  payment  of  money  in 
excess  of  appropriations,  except  as  authorized  by  paragraph  514,  are  prohibited. 

581.  Chiefs  of  bureaus  will  see  that  funds  in  the  hands  of  a  disbursing  officer  are 
limited  to  his  requirements  for  a  brief  period,  and  that  as  much  as  practicable  of 
public  moneys  placed  to  his  credit  is  kept  with  the  Treasurer  or  an  assistant  treas- 
urer of  the  United  States.     Estimates  for  funds  should  state  the  most  convenient 
places  of  deposit. 

5 §2.  Lists  of  national-bank  depositories  designated  for  the  use  of  disbursing  offi- 
cers, with  the  amounts  of  securities  filed  by  each  with  the  United  States  Treasurer, 
will  be  published  from  time  to  time  in  orders  from  the  War  Department. 

5§3.  Where  there  are  two  or  more  designated  depositories  in  the  same  place, 
credit  should  be  so  regulated  by  each  disbursing  officer  there  stationed  as  to  main- 
tain, as  far  as  possible  (by  deposits,  disbursements,  and  transfers),  a  proportion 
between  the  amount  of  his  credit  at  each  depository  and  the  amount  of  securities 
filed  by  it  with  the  United  States  Treasurer.  Transfers  from  one  depository  to 
another  are  not  authorized  except  through  the  Treasury  Department. 

DISBURSING   OFFICERS. 

5§4.  When  an  officer  disburses  money  in  different  capacities,  his  deposits  and 
accounts  will  be  kept  distinct,  according  to  the  bureaus  to  which  they  pertain. 

585.  Disbursing  officers  will  not  pay  an  account  until  it  is  due.     In  cases  of  con- 
tracts for  the  performance  of  service  or  delivery  of  articles,  payment  will  not  exceed 
the  value  of  services  rendered  or  articles  actually  delivered. 

586.  Public  moneys  subject  to  disbursement  coming  into  the  hands  of  an  officer 
from  any  source  must  be  promptly  placed  by  him  to  his  credit  with  the  Treasurer  or 
an  assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States,  or  a  duly  designated  depository,  or  trans- 
ferred to  a  disbursing  officer  of  that  branch  of  the  public  service  to  which  the  money 
pertains;  in  either  of  which  cases  a  receipt  will  be  obtained.     Exceptions  to  this  rule 
are  allowed  in  the  cases  and  to  the  extent  authorized  by  paragraphs  587  and  588, 
and  in  those  cases  where  officers  have  been  specially  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of 
War,  when  stationed  on  the  extreme  frontier  or  at  places  far  remote  from  deposito-' 
ries,  to  keep  at  their  own  risk  such  moneys  as  may  be  intrusted  to  them  for  disburse- 
ment; and  moneys  in  hand  may  be  disbursed  at  once  without  being  placed  in 
depositories  if  payments  are  due. 

587.  Recruiting  officers  stationed  at  places  where  there  is  no  treasurer  or  assist- 
ant treasurer  of  the  United  States  are  authorized  to  keep  on  hand  at  their  own 
risk  moneys  pertaining  to  the  appropriation  "Subsistence  of  the  Army"  in  such 
restricted  amounts  as  may  be  necessary  for  facilitating  payments  of  public  creditors. 
In  places  where  there  is  a  treasurer  or  assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States  such 
funds  must  be  deposited  and  drawn  for  by  official  checks  to  be  obtained  from  those 
officers. 

588.  Officers  doing  subsistence  duty  at  posts  or  independent  stations  near  which 
no  Treasurer  or  assistant  treasurer  of  the  United  States  is  located  are  authorized  to 


92  DISBURSING    OFFICERS TEANSFERS    OF    FUNDS. 

keep  subsistence  funds  in  their  personal  possession,  at  their  own  risk,  in  amounts 
not  to  exceed  $100  for  each  organization  (or  number  of  men,  recruits,  etc.,  equal  to 
an  organization)  at  such  posts  or  stations. 

When  it  may  be  necessary  to  draw  a  check  for  obtaining  subsistence  funds  to  be 
kept  in  personal  possession,  the  disbursing  officer  will  draw  it  in  his  own  favor  and 
nter  under  the  heading  thereon,  "Object  for  which  drawn,"  or  "  On  account  of," 
the  following:  "To  hold  funds  in  personal  possession  under  A.  R.,  588."  Such 
checks  will  not  be  stated  to  be  for  "  payments  under  $20." 

5§9.  A  disbursing  officer  ceasing  to  act  as  such  and  having  public  funds  to  his 
credit  in  any  office  or  bank  will  at  once  inform  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  stating 
what  checks  drawn  against  the  same  are  still  outstanding  and  unpaid. 

59O.  All  amounts  of  money  held  at  the  end  of  each  fiscal  year  by  the  Treasurer. 
an  assistant  treasurer,  or  a  designated  depositary,  credited  to  a  disbursing  officer 
whose  account  has  remained  unchanged,  either  by  deposit  or  payment,  for  the  space 
of  three  years,  shall  be  covered  into  the  Treasury,  to  be  placed  to  the  credit  of  such 
officer,  if  it  be  found  that  he  is  entitled  to  the  credit. 

591*  No  officer  disbursing  money  for  the  military  service,  or  directing  the  dis- 
bursement thereof,  shall  be  concerned  individually,  directly  or  indirectly,  in  the 
purchase  or  sale  of  any  article  intended  for,  used  by,  or  pertaining  to  the  department 
of  the  public  service  in  which  he  is  engaged. 

592.  No  officer  or  clerk  of  a  disbursing  officer  shall  be  interested  in  the  purchase 
of  any  soldier's  certificate  of  pay  due,  or  any  other  claim  against  the  United  States. 

593.  Officers  or  agents  in  the  military  service  will  not  purchase  supplies  for  the 
Government  from  any  other  person  in  the  military  service,  nor  contract  with  any 
such  person  to  furnish  supplies  or  service  to  the  Government,  nor  make  any  Govern- 
ment purchase  or  contract  in  which  such  person  shall  be  admitted  to  share  or 
receive  benefit. 

594.  If  any  disbursing  officer  shall  bet  at  cards  or  any  game  of  hazard,  his  com- 
manding officer  will  suspend  his  functions,  require  him  to  turn  over  all  public  funds 
in  his  keeping,  and  will  immediately  report  the  case  to  the  proper  bureau  of  the 
War  Department.     He  will  also  report  the  case  to  the  department  commander,  who 
will  at  once  convene  a  court-martial  for  the  trial  of  the  officer. 

595.  Every  disbursing  officer,  in  opening  his  first  account  and  before  issuing  any 
checks,  will  furnish  the  depositary  on  whom  the  checks  are  to  be  drawn  with  his 
official  signature,  duly  verified  by  some  officer  whose  signature  is  known  to  the 
depositary. 

596.  For  every  Treasury  draft  received  by  a  depositary  to  be  placed  to  the  officia 
credit  of  a  disbursing  officer,  and  for  every  deposit  of  funds  made  by  the  officer  to- 
his  official  credit,  subject  to  payment  of  his  checks,  a  receipt,  numbered  in  serial 
order,  and  giving  the  place  and  date  of  issue,  will  be  furnished  him  by  the  deposi- 
tary, setting  forth  the  character  of  the  funds,  i.  e.,  whether  coin  or  currency.     If  the 
credit  is  made  by  a  disbursing  officer's  check  transferring  funds,  the  essential  items 
of  the  check  will  be  enumerated,  and  if  by  a  Treasury  draft  the  warrant,  number. 
The  title  of  the  officer  will  be  expressed,  and  the  title  of  the  account  will  also  show 
for  what  branch  of  the  public  service  it  is  kept.     The  receipt,  called  "a  disbursing 
officer's  receipt,"  will  be  retained  by  the  officer  in  whose  favor  it  is  made. 

597.  An  officer  is  not  authorized  to  insure  public  money  or  property,  and  he  will 
not  be  allowed  credit  for  any  expense  paid  for  the  collection  of  money  on  checks, 
except  as  provided  in  paragraph  1106  for  military  attaches  serving  abroad. 

TRANSFERS. 

598.  Public  funds  will,  in  general,  be  transferred  as  follows:  Where  the  accounts 
are  both  in  the  same  office  or  bank,  the  officer  making  the  transfer  will  draw  his 
check  directing  the  depositary  to  place  a  stated  amount  to  the  official  credit  of  the 


TRANSFERS  OF  FUNDS CHECKS.  93 

officer  named  therein.  The  check  will  be  sent  to  the  depositary  and  not  to  the 
officer  in  whose  favor  it  is  drawn.  If  it  is  necessary  that  the  officer  to  whom  the 
funds  are  transferred  shall  receive  them  without  delay,  the  transferring  officer  may 
draw  his  check  and  transmit  the  same  direct  to  the  officer  requiring  them.  In  either 
case,  receipts  for  the  funds  are  sent  by  the  receiving  officer  and  the  corresponding 
invoices  are  sent  to  the  receiving  officer.  Transfers  of  public  funds  from  one  office  or 
bank  to  another  are  made  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  on  the  recommendation 
of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

599.  Funds  will  not  be  transferred  from  one  appropriation  for  the  use  of  another 
by  borrowing  or  otherwise. 

CHECKS. 

600.  A  disbursing  officer  may  draw  his  check  in  favor  of  himself  " or  bearer, "(a) 
for  making  payments  of  amounts  not  exceeding  $20;  such  checks  shall  bear  indorsed 
upon  them  the  names  of  the  persons  to  whom  the  amounts  drawn  are  to  be  paid,  or 
accompanied  by  a  list  or  schedule,  made  a  part  of  the  checks,  containing  the  same 
information;  for  making  payments  at  a  distance  from  a  depository;  or,  (b)  for  making 
payments  of  fixed  salaries  due  at  a  certain  period,  if  the  check  be  not  drawn  more 
than  two  days  before  the  salaries  become  due.     In  all  other  cases  checks  will  be 
made  payable  to  "order"  or  "bearer,"  and  will  be  drawn  only  in  favor  of  the 
persons,  firms,  or  corporations,  by  name,  to  whom  the  payments  are  to  be  made. 

601.  Each  check  of  a  disbursing  officer  must  state  on  its  face  the  address  of  the 
officer  drawing  it,  the  object  of  the  expenditure,  and,  in  case  of  payment  to  officers 
or  enlisted  men,  the  period  covered  by  the  payment.     Such  statements  must  be  brief, 
but  clear — as,  for  instance,  "pay,"  "pay  roll,"  or  "payment  of  troops,"  adding  the 
post  or  station;  "  purchase  of  subsistence"  or  of  other  supplies,  naming  them;  "  on 
contract  for  construction,"  mentioning  the  fortification  or  other  public  work  for 
which  the  payment  is  made;  "  payments  under  $20,"  etc.     Payment  is  refused  on  all 
checks  where  this  requirement  is  disregarded,  and  report  of  the  fact  made  to  the 
Treasury.     Rubber  stamps  or  the  typewriter  will  not  be  used  to  fill  in  dates,  payees' 
names,  or  the  amounts  of  checks  issued  in  payment  of  the  public  creditors. 

602.  Officers  serving  in  and  disbursing  funds  pertaining  to  more  than  one  staff 
department,  and  officers  assigned  to  duty  in  any  of  the  staff  departments,  will,  in 
issuing  checks,  confine  the  designation  of  their  official  capacity  to  their  rank  and  the 
particular  staff  department  on  account  of  which  the  checks  are  drawn. 

603.  When  an  original  check  of  a  disbursing  officer,  not  'exceeding  $2,500  in 
amount,  has  been  lost  or  destroyed,  a  duplicate  check  may  be  issued  by  him,  after 
six  months  and  within  three  years  of  the  date  of  the  original,  upon  the  owner  filing 
with  him  the  notice  and  proof  of  loss  and  the  indemnity  bond  required  by  sections 
3646  and  3647,  Revised  Statutes,  and  act  of  February  16,  1885.     In  case  the  disburs- 
ing officer  who  issued  the  original  check  is  no  longer  in  the  service,  the  notice  and 
proof  of  loss  and  the  indemnity  bond  will  be  sent  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
prior  to  the  issue  of  a  duplicate  check.     The  proper  accounting  officer  of  the  Treasury 
will  state  an  account  in  favor  of  the  owner  of  said  check  and  charge  the  amount 
thereof  to  the  account  of  such  officer.     Instructions  for  the  execution  and  use  of  the 
affidavit  and  bond,  and  the  issue  of  the  duplicate  check,  accompany  the  blank  form 
furnished  by  the  Treasury  Department. 

604.  In  case  of  the  death,  resignation,  or  removal  from  active  service  of  a  dis- 
bursing officer,  any  check  previously  drawn  by  him,  and  not  presented  for  payment 
within  four  months  of  its  date,  will  not  be  paid  until  its  correctness  shall  have  been 
attested  by  the  Secretary  or  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

605.  A  check  drawn  by  a  disbursing  officer  still  in  active  service,  presented  before 
it  shall  have  been  issued  three  full  fiscal  years,  will  be  paid  in  the  usual  manner  by 
the  office  or  bank  on  which  it  is  drawn,  and  from  funds  to  the  credit  of  the  drawer. 


94  OFFICIAL    CHECK    BOOKS CERTIFICATES    OF    DEPOSIT. 

606.  At  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  every  disbursing  officer  will  make  a  return  to 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  through  the  proper  channels,  of  all  outstanding  checks 
issued  by  him  three  years  or  more  prior  thereto,  giving  the  names  of  payees  and  their 
residences  when  known,  the  purposes  for  which  and  places  on  which  the  checks 
were  drawn,  with  amounts,  numbers,  and  dates  of  same,  and  the  numbers  of  the 
vouchers  received  therefor. 

607.  At.  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  all  amounts  remaining  to  the  credit  of  a  dis- 
bursing officer,  represented  by  checks  or  drafts  drawn  upon  the  Treasurer,  an  assistant 
treasurer,  or  any  designated  depositary,  three  or  more  years  prior  thereto,  will  be 
covered  into  the  Treasury  and  there  stand  to  the  credit  of  the  payees  in  an  appro- 
priation account  denominated  "outstanding  liabilities." 

608.  A  check  which  has  been  issued  for  a  longer  period  than  three  full  fiscal  years 
will  be  paid  only  by  the  settlement  of  an  account  in  the  Treasury  Department.    .For 
this  purpose  the  check  will  be  transmitted,  through  the  proper  channels,  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

OFFICIAL   CHECK    BOOKS. 

609.  Official  check  books  are  issued  by  the  Treasurer  and  assistant  treasurers  of 
the  United  States  direct  to  disbursing  officers  who  have  public  money  on  deposit 
with  them.     Kules  for  issue,  transfer,  etc.,  of  these  check  books  accompany  each 
book.     In  making  payments  only  official  checks  will  be  used. 

610.  Official  check  books  on  national-bank  depositories  are  furnished  by  chiefs 
of  bureaus,  by  whom  records  of  blank  checks  issued  will  be  kept  and  to  whom 
unused  checks  will  be  returned.     Rules  for  issue,  transfer,  etc.,  of  these  check  books 
accompany  each  book.     The  chief  of  bureau  issuing  a  check  book  on  a  national-bank 
depository  will  keep  a  complete  record  of  its  size,  its  character,  the  serial  numbers  of 
its  checks,  and  when  and  to  whom  issued. 

When  an  officer  transfers  such  book,  or  any  of  its  unused  checks,  he  will  immedi- 
ately advise  the  chief  of  bureau  by  whom  it  was  issued  of  the  serial  numbers,  inclusive, 
so  transferred,  forwarding  a  receipt  therefor,  that  the  necessary  change  in  the  record 
may  be  made.  When  an  officer  ceases  to  act  as  a  disbursing  officer  or  agent  he 
should  transfer  all  unused  checks  to  his  successor  as  above  provided,  or,  if  there  be 
no  successor,  return  them  to  the  chief  of  bureau  by  whom  issued.  Should  any  officer 
make  an  erasure  or  alteration  of  any  of  his  checks,  however  slight,  he  will  certify  to 
the  correctness  of  such  erasure  or  alteration  on  the  upper  margin  of  such  check. 

611.  Mutilated  or  spoiled  official  checks  upon  the  United  States  Treasurer  or 
assistant  treasurer  will  be  forwarded  promptly  to  the  office  to  which  they  pertain, 
but  mutilated  or  spoiled  checks  upon  a  national-bank  depository  will  be  forwarded 
promptly,  for  preservation  and  future  reference,  to  the  chief  of  bureau  by  whom 
issued,  who  will  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  such  checks.     In  either  case  a  record  of 
the  dates  of  both  cancellation  and  transmission  will  be  entered  on  the  stub. 

CERTIFICATES   OF   DEPOSIT. 

612.  Public  moneys  are  transferred  to  the  general  Treasury  by  being  deposited  to 
the  "credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,"  either  at  the  Treasurer's  office, 
or  at  the  office  of  one  of  the  assistant  treasurers,  or  at  one  of  the  designated  deposi- 
tories.    All ' '  miscellaneous  receipts  on  account  of  proceeds  of  Government  property ' ' 
(paragraph  619)  must  be  deposited;  also,  when  required  by  chiefs  of  bureaus  to. 
which  the  funds  pertain,  the  public  moneys  in  the  possession  of,  or  to  the  credit  of 
disbursing  officers  or  others.     For  each  deposit  made  a  "certificate  of  deposit"  in 
duplicate  will  be  given,  showing  the  full  name,  rank,  regiment,  or  corps  of  the  depos- 
itor, and  to  what  appropriation  or  fund  the  amount  belongs,  the  depositor  giving  the 
necessary  information  when  making  the  deposit. 


CERTIFICATES  OF  DEPOSIT PROCEEDS  OF  SALES.      95 

613.  The  "originals"  of  all  certificates  of  deposit  are  required  by  law  to  be  for- 
warded by  the  depositaries  direct  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury;  the  "duplicates" 
are  filed  by  the  depositing  officers  with  their  retained  papers.     Immediately  upon 
making  a  deposit  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  the  depositing 
officer  will  notify  the  proper  chief  of  bureau  of  the  fact,  stating  the  number  of  the 
certificate  of  deposit,  the  name  of  the  depository,  the  date  of  the  deposit,  the  amount, 
the  appropriation  to  which  the  money  pertains,  and  whether  the  amount  arose  from 
proceeds  of  sales,  or  is  a  repayment  of  an  unexpended  balance,  or  a  refundment  on 
account  of  errors  in  accounts  or  returns.    If  the  deposit  is  on  account  of  the  indebted- 
ness of  any  person  other  than  the  depositing  officer,  the  source  from  which  the  money 
was  derived  and  the  object  of  the  payment  will  be  distinctly  stated  and  reference 
made  to  the  vouchers,  if  any,  to  which  the  deposit  pertains. 

614.  A  disbursing  officer  of  one  staff  department  making  stoppages  on  account  of 
the  funds  or  property  of  another  staff  department  will,  in  the  absence  of  special 
instructions  to  the  contrary,  deposit  the  funds  so  received,  and  not  leave  them  to  be 
transferred  upon  the  settlement  of  his  accounts  at  the  Treasury. 

615.  Nothing  in  the  two  preceding  paragraphs  will  be  construed  to  affect  the 
existing  system  of  depositing  collections  by  paymasters  of  the  Army.     Whenever  an 
officer  refunds  money  to  the  Government  by  payment  to  an  army  paymaster,  dupli- 
cate descriptive  receipts  will  be  issued  by  the  latter  for  the  amount  refunded. 

The  paymaster  will,  with  the  least  practicable  delay,  forward,  without  letter  of 
transmittal,  the  original  receipt  direct  to  the  Paymaster-General  of  the  Army  and 
furnish  the  officer  with  the  duplicate. 

616.  The  number,  date,  and  amount  of  the  certificate  of  deposit,  together  with 
the  specific  appropriation,  if  named,  will  be  noted  on  the  account  current  upon  which 
the  depositor  desires  to  be  credited  with  tehe  money  deposited.     Certificates  of  deposit 
will  not  be  filed  with  accounts  current.     Officers  will  state  in  such  accounts  dates  of 
deposits  and  name  and  location  of  depository. 

617.  Certificates  of  deposit  must  be  recorded  in  the  proper  bureaus  of  the  War 
Department.     The  "  originals,"  upon  their  receipt  at  the  Treasury,  are  immediately 
forwarded  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  who  refers  them  to  the  proper  bureaus  to  which 
the  deposits  pertain  for  verification  and  designation  of  the  appropriation. 

PROCEEDS   OF   SALES. 

618.  Moneys  received  for  stores,  materials,  or  supplies  (except  subsistence  stores) 
sold  to  officers  or  enlisted  men,  to  exploring  or  surveying  expeditions  authorized  by 
law,  or  to  a  State  or  Territory  for  the  use  of  its  national  guard  or  militia  will  be 
deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  and  respectively  revert 
to  the  appropriations  out  of  which  originally  expended.     Proceeds  of  sales  of  useless 
ordnance  material  and  the  cost  of  ordnance  issued  or  sold  to  the  several  States  are 
expended  under  conditions  prescribed  by  law.     Proceeds  of  sales  of  subsistence  sup- 
plies are  immediately  available  for  the  purchase  of  fresh  supplies. 

619.  The  proceeds  of  sales  of  all  public  property  the  disposition  of  which  is  not 
provided  for  by  the  preceding  paragraph,  after  the  expenses  of  sale  have  been 
deducted,  will  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  as 
"Miscellaneous  receipts  on  account  of  proceeds  of  Government  property,"  for  which 
certificates  of  deposit  will  issue,  showing  the  name,  rank,  regiment,  or  corps  of  the 
depositor,  the  nature  of  the  deposit,  the  kind  of  property,  and  the  bureau  to  which 
it  pertained. 

620.  The  transfer  of  public  property  from  one  bureau  or  Department  to  another 
is  not  regarded  as  a  sale.     If  money  is  received  therefor,  it  may  be  used  to  replace 
such  stores  and  will  be  reported  accordingly. 


96  APPROPRIATIONS ACCOUNTS    CURRENT. 

APPROPRIATIONS. 

621.  The  fiscal  year  ends  on  June  30.     The  quarters  of  the  fiscal  year  are  as  fol- 
lows: First  quarter,  July  1  to  September  30;  second,  October  1  to  December  31;  third, 
January  1  to  March  31 ;  fourth,  April  1  to  June  30. 

622.  Chiefs  of  bureaus,  in  notifying  officers  of  remittances,  will  inform  them  of 
the  amount  remitted  under  each  head  of  appropriation,  giving  the  designation  by 
fiscal  years  when  necessary. 

623.  Accounts  current,  abstracts,  and  vouchers,  including  transfers  and  refund- 
ments,  will  have  noted  on  the  face  and  also  in  the  brief  on  the  back  the  fiscal  year 
to  which  the  funds  pertain. 

624.  No  account  current,  except  in  the  Pay  and  Ordnance  Departments,  will  con- 
tain accounts  of  different  years;  and  no  item  will  be  entered  thereon  unless  it  pertains 
to  the  fiscal  year  to  which  the  account  belongs. 

625.  Money  received  and  disbursed  under  the  appropriation   for  contingent 
expenses  of  the  Army  will  be  accounted  for  by  officers  authorized  to  disburse  it,  on 
special  accounts  current,  in  which  funds  belonging  to  other  appropriations  will  not 
be  entered. 

626.  When  an  article  purchased  is  not  named  in  the  appropriation  act,  the  pur- 
pose for  which  it  is  intended  determines  the  appropriation  from  which  payment  is 
made. 

627.  All  public  funds  on  hand  at  the  close  of  a  fiscal  year,  except  those  required 
to  pay  outstanding  liabilities  incurred  during  such  year  (a  schedule  of  which  will,  if 
possible,  accompany  the  last  account  current  for  the  year),  and  "no  limit"  appropri- 
ations, will  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  and  the 
disbursing  officer's  account  closed  by  a  credit  for  such  deposit. 

62 §.  Balances  retained  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  for  the  purpose  of  paying 
outstanding  liabilities  will  be  carried  to  a  "supplemental  account  current"  for  the 
fiscal  year  to  which  the  funds  pertain. 

629.  When  disbursements  are  made  from  such  balances,  accounts  will  be  ren- 
dered as  "supplemental  accounts"  for  the  fiscal  year  to  which  the  funds  pertain. 
Admitted  errors,  to  be  refunded,  except  in  the  Pay  and  Ordnance  Departments,  will 
be  taken  up  on  an  account  current  for  the  fiscal  year  in  which  the  errors  occurred. 

ACCOUNTS   CURRENT. 

630.  Accounts  current  will  be  made  in  duplicate;  one  copy,  accompanied  by 
abstracts  and  vouchers,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  chief  of  the  bureau  and  the  other 
retained  by  the  officer.     The  forms  of  accounts  current  and  abstracts  furnished  by 
the 'chief  of  the  bureau  in  which  the  officer  is  serving  will  be  used. 

631.  Disbursing  officers  who  render  accounts  which  eventually  pass  to  the  Treas- 
ury Department  for  settlement  are  required  to  prepare  their  accounts,  with  abstracts 
and  vouchers,  complete,  and  deposit  them  in  the  post-office,  addressed  to  the  chief 
of  the  bureau  of  the  Wrar  Department  to  which  they  pertain,  on  or  before  the  10th 
day  of  each  month.     Irregularities  in  the  mail  service  or  want  of  blank  forms  will 
not  excuse  a  failure  to  comply  with  this  paragraph.     When  vouchers  are  not  sent 
with  the  account  to  which  they  belong,  but  are  subsequently  rendered,  suitable 
explanations  will  be  made. 

632.  Original  vouchers  will,  if  possible,  accompany  the  accounts;  copies  will  not 
be  accepted  unless  duly  certified  and  accompanied  by  satisfactory  evidence  of  the 
loss  or  destruction  of  the  originals,  or  that  their  retention  is  indispensable  to  the 
performance  of  duty  by  an  officer. 

633.  With  the  accounts  will  be  forwarded  all  orders  of  commanding  officers  and 
all  other  papers  upon  which  the  officer  accountable  relies  to  relieve  himself  from 
responsibility. 


MONEY   VOUCHERS.  97 

634.  When  an  officer  is  relieved  from  duty  in  a  staff  department  at  any  station 
he  will  certify  outstanding  debts,  if  any,  to  his  successor,  and  transmit  a  list  of  the 
same  to  the  head  of  the  proper  bureau.     Unless  otherwise  ordered,  he  will  turn  over 
to  his  successor  the  public  money,  property,  books,  and  papers  pertaining  to  the 
service  from  which  he  is  relieved. 

MONEY    VOUCHERS. 

635.  Vouchers  will  ordinarily  be  made  in  duplicate,  or,  if  required,  in  triplicate, 
and  the  number  made  will  be  stated  on  each  copy. 

636.  The  correctness  of  the  facts  stated  on  a  voucher  and  the  justness  of  the 
account  must  be  certified  by  an  officer. 

637.  Every  voucher  in  support  of  a  payment  for  supplies  or  for  services,  except 
as  provided  for  the  Engineer  Department  in  paragraph  638  of  these  Regulations, 
will  be  made  out  in  favor  of  the  creditor,  giving  his  address,  and  must  state  (if  for 
supplies  furnished)  the  date  of  the  purchase,  the  quantity  and  price  of  each  article, 
and  the  amount,  or  (if  for  services)  the  character  of  the  services,  the  date  or  dates 
on  which  rendered,  and  the  amount.     Where  a  purchase  under  an  accepted  bid 
after  public  notice  is  made,  the  voucher,  besides  being  subject  to  the  foregoing 
requirements,  will  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  public  notice,  the  accepted  bid, 
and  a  copy  of  the  letter  accepting  the  bid,  and  must  contain  a  certificate  that  the 
award  was  made  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder  for  the  best  and  most  suitable 
articles,  and  that  the  needs  of  the  service  required  the  purchase  to  be  made  in  the 
manner  indicated  by  the  public  notice.     Where  papers  relating  to  two  or  more 
vouchers  are  required  to  accompany  accounts,  they  must  be  filed  with  the  first 
voucher  paid  and  reference  thereto  made  on  the  other  vouchers.     A  voucher  for 
services  by  the  day  or  month  must  state  the  nature  of  the  service,  the  inclusive 
dates  of  service,  the  time  for  which  payment  is  made,  the  rate  of  pay,  and  the 
amount,  and  the  receipt  of  a  creditor  to  a  voucher  for  supplies  furnished  or  services 
rendered  must  contain  the  words,  "  which  I  certify  to  be  correct." 

All  vouchers,  when  practicable,  will  be  rendered  in  the  English  language,  but  if 
rendered  in  a  foreign  language  a  translation  of  the  same  must  accompany  the 
voucher. 

63§.  Vouchers  for  supplies  or  for  services  other  than  by  the  day  or  month  sub- 
mitted in  support  of  payments  for  all  work  carried  on  under  the  Engineer  Depart- 
ment will  be  accompanied  by  the  original  bills  submitted  by  the  creditor  and  dated 
and  signed  by  him  or  by  his  authorized  representative,  and  vouchers  with  such  bills 
attached  will  be  made  out  in  favor  of  the  creditor,  giving  his  address,  and  stating 
the  account  in  general  terms,  with  the  aggregate  amount  only  extended,  and  the 
words  "as  per  bill  hereto  attached,"  or  words  of  like  import  added,  except  that 
such  original  bills  need  not  be  attached  to  vouchers  in  the  following  cases,  viz: 
Where  under  a  contract  quantities  delivered  or  amounts  due  are  determined  by  a 
duly  authorized  inspector,  and  his  certificate  as  to  the  facts  is  filed  with  the  voucher 
to  which  it  pertains;  where  a  bill  of  lading  or  transportation  request  accompanies  a 
voucher  for  transportation  services  performed  under  public  tariffs;  where  a  voucher 
is  for  telegraphic  services  at  rates  fixed  by  the  Postmaster-General;  when  the  account 
is  small  and  the  creditor  does  not  submit  a  bill.  Whenever  the  signed  bill  is  not 
attached  to  voucher  the  receipt  must  contain  the  words,  "which  I  certify  to  be 
correct." 

639.  Money  amounts  will  be  expressed  in  terms  of  dollars  and  cents.  When  a 
fraction  of  a  cent  less  than  one-half  occurs  in  the  footing  of  a  voucher  it  will  be  dis- 
regarded. If  the  fraction  be  one-half  or  greater  it  will  be  reckoned  as  a  cent. 

If  the  agreement  calls  for  foreign  currency  the  account  shall  be  stated  in  that  cur- 
rency. The  total  amount  will  be  reduced  to  its  equivalent  in  United  States  currency 
at  the  current  rate  of  exchange  at  the  date  of  payment.  The  amount  in  United 
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98  MONEY    VOUCHERS. 

States  currency  having  been  determined,  checks  may  be  drawn  therefor  by  disburs- 
ing officers  to  their  own  orders  in  United  States  currency  and  by  them  exchanged 
at  local  fiscal  agencies  of  the  United  States  where  possible,  or  at  local  banks,  for  the 
necessary  amount  in  the  currency  or  exchange  required  to  pay  the  creditor  in  the 
money  originally  agreed  upon  where  the  creditor  declines  to  accept  check  payable 
in  currency  of  the  United  States. 

The  vouchers  for  accounts  will  be  made  to  show  the  debt  as  actually  incurred  in 
the  coin  in  which  payment  is  made  and  the  reduction  from  this  coin  to  United  States 
currency,  the  rate  of  exchange  being  stated  on  the  voucher  and  the  amounts  stated 
on  abstracts  and  account  current  in  United  States  currency. 

640.  A  voucher  for  a  purchase,  or  for  services  not  personal,  must  have  expressed 
on  its  face,  immediately  below  the  statement  of  the  account,  the  mode  of  purchase 
or  engagement,  using  therefor  one  of  the  following  notations: 

1.  Under  contract,  dated ,  19—. 

2.  Under  public  notice,  dated ,  19—. 

3.  Under  oral  agreement,  without  advertising. 

641.  The  giving  or  taking  of  receipts  in  blank  for  public  money  is  prohibited, 
except  the  receipts  to  vouchers  for  publishing  advertisements,  which  will  be  receipted 
prior  to  audit. 

642.  A  voucher  for  funds  disbursed  will,  before  being  signed  by  a  public  creditor, 
be  made  out  in  full,  with  the  place  of  payment  and  the  name,  rank,  regiment  or 
corps  of  the  paying  officer  entered  in  the  receipt,  and  the  exact  amount  of  money 
written  out  in  words  in  the  receipt.     When  vouchers  are  sent  by  mail  for  signature 
the  date  in  the  receipt  will  be  left  blank,  and  the  check  in  payment  will  not  be  drawn 
until  the  vouchers  are  returned  properly  signed,  when  the  date  of  the  check  will  be 
added  to  the  receipt. 

643.  Invoices  of  and  receipts  for  funds  transferred  will  state  place  and  date  of 
transfer,  the  name,  rank,  regiment  or  corps  of  the  officer  from  whom  the  money  is 
received,  the  kind  of  funds  transferred,  and  the  amount  transferred  under  each  head 
of  appropriation.    If  the  transfer  is  for  the  correction  of  errors,  whether  arising  upon 
the  settlement  of  accounts  or  otherwise,  the  facts  will  be  noted  in  detail  on  both 
invoice  and  receipt.    The  receiving  officer  or  agent  will  indorse  upon  the  invoice  the 
exact  date  of  the  receipt  given  by  him  and  will  file  it  with  the  account  current  on 
which  he  acknowledges  receipt  of  the  funds.     Any  discrepancy  as  to  the  appropria- 
tion, fiscal  year,  or  amount  which  may  exist  between  the  invoice  and  receipt  when 
the  latter  is  properly  made  out  will  be  noted  and  explained  on  both  invoice  and  receipt 
by  the  officer  or  agent  receiving  and  receipting  for  the  funds. 

644.  Vouchers  for  payment  made  and  invoices  and  receipts  for  money  transferred 
will  have  noted  upon  them  the  number,  date,  and  amount  of  checks  given,  and  the 
depository  on  which  drawn.     If  payment  is  made  by  currency r  wholly  or  in  part,  the 
facts  will  be  stated. 

645.  Vouchers  must  be  stated  in  the  name  of  the  corporation,  company,  firm,  or 
person  rendering  the  service  or  furnishing  the  articles  for  which  payment  is  made. 

646.  Payments  in  currency  or  by  check  to  bearer  will  not  be  made  to  holders  of 
powers  of  attorney  or  to  holders  of  instruments  operating  as  transfers  or  assignments. 

If  a  payment  in  currency  or  by  check  to  bearer  is  made  to  an  incorporated  or 
unincorporated  company,  the  money  or  check  must  be  delivered  to  and  the  voucher 
receipted  by  a  duly  authorized  officer  or  agent  of  the  company;  the  receipt  must  be 
signed  with  the  company  name,  followed  by  the  autograph  signature  of  the  officer, 
with  his  title,  or  of  the  agent  to  whom  the  money  or  check  was  delivered,  and  the 
receipted  voucher  will  be  accompanied  by  evidence  showing  his  authority.  This 
evidence  will  consist  of  extracts  from  the  articles  of  incorporation  or  association,  the 
by-laws,  or  the  minutes  of  the  board  of  directors,  duly  certified  by  the  custodian  ot 


MONEY    VOUCHEES.  99 

such  records  (under  the  company  seal,  if  there  be  one) ,  showing  that  the  signer  is 
properly  vested  with  authority  to  receive  and  receipt  for  money  due  the  company. 

If  payment  in  currency  or  by  check  to  bearer  is  made  to  an  individual  or  a 
copartnership  doing  business  under  a  company  title,  the  receipt  must  be  signed  with 
the  company  name,  followed  by  the  autograph  signature  of  the  individual  proprietor 
or  of  one  of  the  members  of  the  firm  with  the  words  "  proprietor"  or  "  one  of  the 
proprietors"  appended  thereto. 

If  payment  in  currency  or  by  check  to  bearer  is  made  to  a  copartnership  doing 
business  as  such,  the  receipt  must  be  signed  with  the  usual  firm  signature  by  one  of 
the  members  of  the  firm,  who  will  be  required  to  append  his  own  signature  as  "one 
of  the  firm." 

If  payment  in  currency  or  by  check  to  bearer  is  made  to  an  individual  creditor, 
the  receipt  must  be  signed  by  him  in  person. 

647.  If  payment  is  made  by  check  to  order  of  any  company  (incorporated  or 
unincorporated )  or  firm  or  individual  by  name,  and  the  fact  that  the  check  has  been 
so  drawn  is  stated  on  the  voucher,  giving  its  number,  date,  amount,  and  United 
States  depository  on  which  drawn,  the  receipt  to  the  voucher  may  be  signed  by  an 
officer,  attorney,  or  agent  of  the  company,  or  by  an  attorney  or  agent  of  the  firm  or 
individual,  stating  the  capacity  in  which  he  signs,  without  filing  with  the  voucher 
evidence  of  his  authority  to  sign.     The  disbursing  officer  in  all  such  cases  will  deliver 
the  check  to  such  person  only  as  he  is  satisfied  is  authorized  by  the  principal  to 
receipt  the  voucher  and  receive  the  check. 

648.  Receipts  for  small  sums  for  occasional  service  paid  to  corporations,  such  as 
railroad,  telegraph,  turnpike,  transfer,  express,  steamboat,  hptel,  newspaper,  and  ice 
companies,  may  be  signed  by  the  local  agent  in  charge  of  the  business  of  the  company 
at  the  place  where  the  service  is  rendered  or  where  it  begins  or  terminates,  and  the 
certificate  of  the  officer  making  payment  that  the  person  to  whom  payment  was  thus 
made  was  then  the  local  agent  of  the  company  in  charge  of  its  business  at  the  place 
designated  will  be  sufficient  evidence  of  the  agent's  authority  to  receive  and  receipt 
for  the  money  paid.. 

649.  When  an  account  is  presented  by  an  individual  who  is  not  known  to  the  dis- 
bursing officer,  the  latter  will  require  him  to  be  identified. 

650.  The  signature  to  the  receipt  and  the  name  of  the  person  or  business  firm  as 
entered  at  the  head  of  an  account  must  be  literally  alike. 

651.  When  a  signature  is  not  written  by  the  hand  of  the  party  it  must  be  wit- 
nessed by  a  disinterested  party,  a  commissioned  officer  when  practicable. 

652.  In  final  statements,  receipts  for  money,  and  papers  of  like  character,  money 
amounts  will,  in  all  cases,  be  written  out  in  full  and  also  expressed  by  figures  in 
parentheses.     This  requirement  does  not  apply  to  pay  rolls  of  military  organizations 
and  pay  rolls  of  other  descriptions. 

653.  Fees  of  civil  officers  for  administering  oaths  in  matters  of  military  adminis- 
tration (where  the  services  of  judge-advocates  of  departments,  or  of  courts-martial,  or 
trial  officers  of  summary  courts  were  not  obtainable)  will  be  paid  from  the  appro- 
priation applicable  to  the  subject-matter  of  the  oaths,  and  in  case  there  be  no  appro- 
priation applicable  thereto  the  fees  will  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

654.  Disbursing  officers  will  not  issue  vouchers  for  unpaid  accounts  as  due  bills 
against  the  United  States,  but  a  certified  statement  of  personal  services  and  of  wages 
due  may  be  given  to  a  discharged  employee  who  for  want  of  funds  was  not  paid  at 
time  of  discharge. 

655.  When  applicable,  the  following  rules  for  the  computation  of  time  in  payim-.ii;; 
of  services  will  be  observed: 

The  annual  compensation  of  officers,  agents,  and  employees  of  the  United  States 
for  services  rendered  shall  be  divided  into  12  equal  installments,  one  of  which  shall 
be  the  pay  for  each  calendar  month's  service  rendered  by  the  same  person  without 


100       VOUCHEES PECUNIARY    RESPONSIBILITY    OF    OFFICERS. 

regard  to  the  actual  number  of  days  in  said  month,  and  in  making  payment  for  a 
fractional  part  of  a  month  one-thirtieth  of  one  such  installment,  or  of  a  monthly  com- 
pensation, shall  be  the  rate  to  be  paid  for  each  day. 

In  making  payments  for  a  fractional  part  of  a  month  where  service  has  been  per- 
formed therein  by  two  or  more  persons  holding  the  same  office  or  place,  one-thirtieth 
of  one  month's  installment  of  annual  compensation  or  of  any  monthly  compensation 
shall  be  the  rate  to  be  paid  for  each  day  of  service,  except  for  the  31st  day  of  any 
month,  for  which  nothing  can  be  paid,  provided  the  full  salary  is  taken  up  in  making 
payments  for  service  accruing  before  the  31st. 

To  illustrate:  A  person  serving  during  the  whole  of  a  thirty-one-day  month  will 
receive  the  full  monthly  salary,  and  no  more,  or  the  one-twelfth  cf  an  annual  salary, 
and  no  more. 

A  person  serving  during  the  whole  of  February,  a  twenty-eight-day  month,  shall 
likewise  receive  the  full  monthly  salary,  or  the  one-twelfth  of  the  annual  salary. 

A  person  appointed  on  the  31st  day  of  a  month  will  receive  no  salary  or  compen- 
sation for  said  day's  service,  if  the  full  salary  has  been  earned  by  his  predecessors. 

A  person  serving  from  the  1st  to  and  including  the  15th  day  of  February  will 
receive  the  fifteen-thirtieths  of  a  month's  salary. 

A  person  succeeding  him  on  the  16th  day  of  February  and  holding  until  and 
including  the  28th  day  of  February  will  receive  thirteen-thirtieths  of  a  month's 
salary,  and  in  leap  year  fourteen-thirtieths,  if  he  serves  on  the  29th. 

In  employment  by  the  month  the  monthly  compensation  shall  be  treated  the  same 
as  one  of  the  twelve  installments  where  the  rate  of  payment  is  annual. 

In  computing  the  wages  of  persons  employed  at  a  per  diem  allowance,  payment 
will  be  made  for  the  actual  number  of  days  employed,  and  the  day  on  wThich  service 
begins  and  the  day  on  which  it  ends  will  be  allowed  in  the  computation. 

When  services  are  rendered  from  one  given  date  to  another,  the  account  will  state 
clearly  whether  both  dates  are  included. 

For  commutation  of  subsistence  at  a  per  diem  rate,  payment  will  be  made  for  the 
actual  number  of  days. 

656.  Disbursing  officers,  except  those  serving  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  will  not 
settle  with  heirs,  executors,  or  administrators  except  by  authority  of  the  proper 
bureau  of  the  War  Department,  and  upon  accounts  that  have  been  duly  audited  and 
certified  by,the  proper  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury. 

In  the  Philippine  Islands  disbursing  officers  may  settle  direct  with  executors  or 
administrators  upon  accounts  accruing  in  those  islands,  which  are  accompanied  by 
the  duly  attested  copies  of  the  decrees  appointing  said  executors  or  administrators, 
in  conformity  with  the  civil  laws  of  the  archipelago  governing  such  matters.  The 
settlement  thus  made  by  any  disbursing  officer  is,  however,  subject  to  review  by  the 
accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury  when  his  accounts  shall  come  before  them  for 
adjustment. 

PECUNIARY    RESPONSIBILITY    OF   OFFICERS. 

657.  An  officer  will  have  credit  for  an  expenditure  of  money  made  in  obedience 
to  the  order  of  his  commanding  oflScer.     Every  order  issued  by  any  military  authority 
which  may  cause  an  expenditure  of  money  in  a  staff  department  will  be  given  in 
writing.     One  copy  thereof  will  be  forwarded  by  the  officer  receiving  it  to  the  head 
of  his  department,  and  the  other  will  be  filed  by  the  disbursing  officer  with  his 
voucher  for  the  disbursement.     If  the  expenditure  be  disallowed,  it  will  be  charged 
to  the  officer  who  ordered  it. 

658.  If  a  payment  made  on  the  certificate  of  an  officer  as  to  the  facts  is  after- 
wards disallowed  for  error  of  fact  in  the  certificate,  it  will  pass  to  the  credit  of  the 
disbursing  officer  and  be  charged  to  the  officer  who  gave  the  certificate;  but  the  dis- 
bursing officer  can  not  protect  himself  in  an  erroneous  payment  made  without  due 
care  by  charging  lack  of  care  against  the  officer  who  gave  the  certificate. 


EXAMINATION    OF   MONEY    ACCOUNTS PUBLIC   PROPERTY.       101 

ADMINISTRATIVE   EXAMINATION   OP   MONEY    ACCOUNTS. 

659.  The  chief  of  a  bureau  to  which  accounts  pertain  will  cause  each  account  cur- 
rent, with  its  accompanying  papers,  to  be  examined  and  transmitted  to  the  Treasury 
Department,  with  his  decision  indorsed  thereon,  within  sixty  days  from  the  date  on 
which  such  account  was  received  at  his  office.     He  will  bring  to  the  notice  of  the 
Secretary  of  War  all  matters  of  account  that  require  or  merit  it.     When  a  suspension 
or  disallowance  is  made,  the  bureau  will  notify  the  officer  that  he  may  have  an  oppor- 
tunity to  submit  explanations  or  take  an  appeal  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

660.  In  case  of  discovered  error  or  disallowance  in  an  account  upon  its  examina- 
tion by  the  proper  authority,  the  officer  responsible  will,  upon  notification  thereof, 
unless  able  to  furnish  evidence  to  correct  or  remove  the  same,  make  the  proper  cor- 
rection in  his  next  account  current,  and  refer  therein  to  the  particular  voucher  in 
which  the  error  occurred  or  the  disallowance  was  made. 

ARTICLE  LIV. 

PUBLIC  PROPERTY  ACCOUNTABILITY  AND  KESPONSIBILITY. 
GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

661.  Accountability  and  responsibility  devolve  upon  any  person  to  whom  public 
property  is  intrusted  and  who  is  required  to  make  returns  therefor.     Responsibility 
without  accountability  devolves  upon  one  to  whom  such  property  is  intrusted,  but 
who  is  not  required  to  make  returns  therefor.     Thus,  with  respect  to  quartermaster's 
supplies  intrusted  to  a  company  or  detachment  commander,  responsibility  but  not 
accountability  attaches. 

662.  The  officer  in  permanent  or  temporary  command  of  a  post  or  station  is 
responsible  for  the  security  of  all  public  property  of  the  command,  whether  in  use 
or  in  store,  and,  although  for  purposes  of  periodical  accountability  to  the  War 
Department  it  may  all  have  been  officially  receipted  for  by  subordinate  officers,  the 
commanding  officer  is  nevertheless  responsible  and  pecuniarily  liable  with  them  for 
the  strict  observance  of  the  regulations  in  regard  to  its  preservation,  use,  and  issue. 
He  will  take  care  that  all  storehouses  are  properly  guarded,  that  only  reliable  agents 
are  employed,  and  only  trustworthy  enlisted  men  are  detailed  for  duty  in  them  or 
in  connection  with  property. 

663.  If  an  officer  in  charge  of  the  public  property  of  a  command  (not  properly 
pertaining  to  a  company  or  detachment)  is,  by  order,  leave  of  absence,  or  any  other 
cause  separated  from  it,  the  commanding  officer,  or  an  officer  designated  by  him, 
will  receipt  and  account  for  it. 

664.  If  it  becomes  necessary  to  remove  all  officers  from  the  charge  of  public 
property,  the  commanding  officer  will  take  measures  to  secure  it  and  report  the  cir- 
cumstances to  the  proper  authority. 

665.  A  company  or  detachment  commander  is  responsible  for  all  public  property 
pertaining  to  his  company  or  detachment,  and  will  not  transfer  his  accountability 
therefor  to  a  successor  during  periods  of  absence  of  less  than  a  month  unless  so 
ordered  by  competent  authority;  when  such  absence  exceeds  a  month,  the  question 
of  responsibility  is  settled  by  the  proper  authority. 

666.  The  officer  in  temporary  or  permanent  command  of  a  company  or  detach- 
ment is  responsible  for  all  public  property  used  by  or  in  possession  of  the  command, 
whether  he  receipts  for  it  or  not. 

667.  The  property  responsibility  of  a  company  commander  can  not  be  transferred 
to  enlisted  men.     It  is  his  duty  to  attend  personally  to  its  security,  and  to  superin- 
tend issues  himself  or  cause  them  to  be  superintended  by  a  commissioned  officer. 

668.  An  officer  will  not  when  it  can  be  avoided  be  detailed  for  duty  which  will 
separate  him  from  public  property  for  which  he  is  accountable. 

669.  A  transfer  of  public  property  involves  a  change  of  possession  and  account- 


102  THE   PUBLIC   PEOPERTY. 

ability.  In  ordinary  cases  of  transfer  the  transferring  officer  will  furnish  the  receiv- 
ing officer  with  invoices  in  duplicate,  accurately  enumerating  the  property,  and  the 
latter  will  return  duplicate  receipts.  In  cases  in  which  complete  transfer  of  property 
occurs,  instead  of  exchanging  separate  invoices  and  receipts,  as  above  provided,  the 
receiving  officer  may  make  direct  entry  on  the  final  return  (both  original  and  dupli- 
cate) of  his  predecessor  that  all  the  property  thereon  enumerated  as  on  hand  and 
transferred  to  successor  was  received  by  him.  The  transferring  officer  may  make 
similar  entry  on  the  return  of  his  successor,  stating  that  all  the  stores  there  taken  up 
as  received  from  such  predecessor  were  actually  turned  over  by  him. 

670.  When  an  officer  to  whom  stores  have  been  forwarded  believes  them  to  have 
miscarried  he  will  promptly  inform  the  issuing  and  forwarding  officers. 

671.  If  an  officer  to  whom  public  property  has  been  transferred  fails  to  receipt  for 
it  within  a  reasonable  time,  the  invoicing  officer  will  report  the  facts  to  the  command- 
ing officer  of  the  former  for  action.     Copies  of  all  papers  relating  to  the  transaction 
will  be  filed  with  his  returns. 

672.  Upon  the  receipt  of  public  property  by  an  officer  he  will  make  careful  exam- 
ination to  ascertain  its  quality  and  condition,  but  will  not  break  original  packages 
until  issues  are  to  be  made,  unless  he  has  reason  to  believe  the  contents  defective. 
Should  he  discover  defect  or  shortage,  he  will  apply  for  a  survey  to  determine  it  and 
fix  the  responsibility.     Should  he  consider  the  property  unfit  for  use,  he  will  submit 
inventories  in  triplicate  and  request  the  action  of  an  inspector.     The  same  rule  will 
be  observed  in  regard  to  packages  when  first  opened  for  issue,  and  for  property  dam- 
aged or  missing  while  in  store. 

673.  When  packages  of  supplies  are  opened  for  the  first  time,  whether  because 
of  apparent  defect  or  for  issue,  the  officer  responsible  or  some  other  commissioned 
officer  will  be  present  and  verify  the  contents  by  actual  weight,  count,  or  measure- 
ment, as  circumstances  may  require,  and  in  case  of  deficiency  or  damage  will  make 
written  report  of  the  facts  to  the  post  commander.     If  only  the  officer  responsible  be 
present  and  make  the  report,  he  will  secure  the  sworn  statements  in  writing  of  one 
or  more  civilians  or  enlisted  men  regarding  the  condition  of  the  property  when 
examined.     Should  a  survey  be  ordered,  the  post  commander  will  refer  to  the  sur- 
veying officer  the  report  made  by  the  examining  officer,  together  with  the  sworn 
statements.     At  arsenals  and  depots,  where  there  are  persons  whose  special  duty  it 
is  to  receive  and  issue  public  stores,  the  reports  herein  required  may  be  made  by  them 
instead  of  officers  of  the  Army. 

674.  The  giving  or  taking  of  receipts  in  blank  for  public  property  is  prohibited. 

675.  Supplies  procured* by  one  bureau  will  not  be  furnished  to  another  except  by 
special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  except  in  the  Philippines  Division,  where 
the  authority  of  the  division  commander  is  sufficient.     When  furnished  and  restored 
in  kind  they  will  be  delivered  at  the  post  from  which  received,  or  at  such  other  post 
as  department  commanders  or  chiefs  of  bureaus  concerned  may  determine.     If  the 
transaction  is  between  two  bureaus  of  the  War  Department,  payment  will  be  made 
at  the  contract  or  invoice  price  of  the  stores.     When  between  a  bureau  of  the  War 
Department  and  any  other  Executive  Department,  the  amount  to  be  paid  will  include 
the  contract  or  invoice  price  and  cost  of  transportation,  and  in  case  of  subsistence 
stores,  ten  per  cent  additional  to  cover  wastage  in  transit. 

676.  In  no'case  will  means  of  transportation  or  other  property  of  any  branch  of 
the  military  service  be  taken  as  a  part  of  the  outfit  of  surveying  or  exploring  expedi- 
tions for  which  Congress  has  made  appropriations,  \\  ithout  the  express  authority  of 
the  Secretary  of  War. 

677.  When  it  is  impracticable  for  an  officer  to  personally  superintend  his  issues — 
as  may  be  the  case  with  one  charged  with  disbursements,  or  the  care  of  depots — he 
should  choose  with  great  caution  the  agent  to  whom  he  intrusts  the  duty. 

67 §.  The  keys  of  storerooms  or  chests  will  not  be  intrusted  to  enlisted  men  or 


PUBLIC    PROPERTY PROPERTY    DAMAGED,   LOST,   ETC.        103 

civilians  without  great  vigilance  on  the  part  of  the  accountable  officer  and  a  resort  to 
every  reasonable  precaution,  including  frequent  personal  inspections,  to  prevent  loss 
or  damage. 

679.  An  officer  in  charge  of  public  property  in  use  or  in  store  will  endeavor  by 
timely  repairs  to  keep  it  in  serviceable  condition.  For  this  purpose  the  necessary 
means  will  be  allowed  on  requisition,  and  property  in  store  so  repaired  will  be  issued. 

6§O.  All  movable  public  property  will,  if  practicable,  be  conspicuously  branded 
41  U.S."  before  being  used . 

681.  Public  property  will  not  be  used  nor  will  labor  hired  for  the  Government 
be  employed  for  any  private  purpose  whatsoever,  except  as  authorized  in  these 
regulations. 

682.  Unserviceable  property  is,  with  reference  to  Its  disposition,  divided  into 
classes  as  follows : 

1.  Property  worn  out  in  the  service  and  which  has  no  salable  value. 

2.  Property  worn  out  by  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service  which  presumably  has 
some  salable  value. 

3.  Property  which  has  been  rendered  unserviceable  from  causes  other  than  fair 
wear  and  tear  in  the  service. 

Property  of  the  first  class  may  be  submitted  to  a  surveying  officer  and  disposed  of 
as  indicated  in  paragraph  720,  or,  if  worn  out  by  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service, 
to  an  inspector  without  prior  action  of  a  surveying  officer. 

Property  of  the  second  class  will  be  submitted  to  an  inspector  without  prior  action 
of  a  surveving  officer. 

Property  of  the  third  class  must  be  submitted  to  a  surveying  officer,  and  unless 
destroyed  under  paragraph  720  will  subsequently  be  submitted  to  an  inspector,  and 
the  inventory  and  inspection  reports  must  be  accompanied  by  the  report  of  the 
surveying  officer. 

683.  Empty  barrels,  boxes,  crates,  and  other  packages,  together  with  metal  turn- 
ings, scrap  metals,  ground  bone,  and  other  waste  products  which  accumulate  at 
arsenals,  depots,  and  military  posts,  which  are  unsuitable  for  the  public  service,  will 
be  disposed  of  in  the  manner  prescribed  for  property  condemned  and  ordered  sold  in 
paragraph  684.     At  arsenals  and  depots  where  such  accumulations  have  considerable 
money  value  proposals  will  be  invited  for  specific  lots  and  quantities,  or  for  the 
accumulations  of  definite  periods,  as  the  head  of  the  department  to  which  the 
property  pertains  may  deem  best  suited  to  the  public  interest. 

684.  Military  stores  and  public  property  condemned  and  ordered  sold  will  be  dis- 
posed of  for  cash  at  auction,  or  to  the  highest  bidder  on  sealed  proposals,  on  due 
public  notice,  and  in  such  market  as  the  public  interests  may  require.     The  officer 
making  the  sale  will  suspend  it  when  in  his  opinion  better  prices  can  be  obtained, 
except  in  the  case  of  condemned  animals,  the  disposition  of  which  is  provided  for  in 
paragraph  1079.     The  auctioneer's  certified  detailed  account  of  the  sale,  and  the 
vouchers  for  the  expenses  attending  it,  will  be  reported  on  the  proper  forms  to  the 
chief  of  the  bureau  to  which  the  property  pertained,  and  a  copy  of  the  auctioneer's 
detailed  account  of  the  sale  will  be  furnished"  the  Inspector-General. 

685.  Public  property  which  has  been  condemned,  or  the  issue  price  of  which  has 
been  reduced  as  the  result  of  a  survey  or  inspection,  will  not  be  purchased  by  an 
officer  who  was  responsible  therefor  at  the  time  of  condemnation  or  reduction  of 
price,  nor  by  an  officer  who  bore  any  part  in  such  condemnation  or  reduction. 

PROPERTY    DAMAGED,   LOST,   DESTROYED,  ETC. REWARDS. 

686.  Causes  of  damage  to,  and  of  loss  and  destruction  of,  military  property  are 
classified  as  follows: 

1.  Unavoidable  causes,  being  those  over  which  the  responsible  officers  have  no 
control,  occurring  (a)  in  the  ordinary  course  of  service,  or  (6)  as  incident  to  an  active 
campaign. 


104  PROPERTY    DAMAGED,   LOST,   ETC. — REWARDS. 

2.  Avoidable  causes,  being  those  due  to  carelessness,  willfulness,  or  neglect. 

687.  Officers  responsible  for  property  will  be  charged  for  any  damage  to  or  loss 
or  destruction  of  the  same,  and  the  money  value  deducted  from  their  monthly  pay, 
unless  they  show,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  by  their  own  affidavits 
or  certificates,  or  by  one  or  more  depositions,  that  the  damage,  loss,  or  destruction  was 
occasioned  by  unavoidable  causes  and  without  fault  or  neglect  on  their  part. 

688.  The  proper  officers  to  administer  oaths  in  the  administration  of  the  affairs 
of  the  Army  (except  when  otherwise  specially  provided)  are  judge-advocates  of 
departments,  judge-advocates  of  courts-martial,  the  trial  officers  of  summary  courts, 
and  in  the  cases  of  investigations,  the  officer  detailed  to  conduct  the  investigation, 
or  the  recorder,  and  if  there  be  none,  the  presiding  officer  of  any  board  appointed 
for  such  purpose.     When  none  of  these  are  within  reach  and  available,  recourse  must 
be  had  to  a  notary  public  or  other  civil  officer  competent  to  administer  oaths  for 
general  purposes. 

689.  If  an  article  of  public  property  be  lost  or  damaged  by  the  neglect  or  fault  of 
any  officer  or  soldier,  he  shall  pay  the  value  thereof,  or  the  cost  of  repairs,  at  such 
rates  as  may  be  determined  by  a  survey  of  the  property. 

690.  The  amount  charged  against  an  enlisted  man  on  the  pay  rolls  on  account  of 
loss  or  damage  of,  or  repairs  to,  Government  property  shall  not  exceed  the  value  of 
the  article  or  cost  of  repairs;  and  such  charge  will  only  be  made  on  conclusive  proof, 
and  never  without  a  survey,  if  the  soldier  demand  it.     He  will  be  informed  at  the 
time  of  signing  the  pay  rolls  that  his  signature  will  be  regarded  as  an  acknowledg- 
ment of  the  justice  of  the  charge. 

691.  When  a  deserter  carries  away  public  property,  or  when  such  property  is  lost 
through  his  desertion,  its  value  will  be  determined  by  a  survey  and  charged  against 
him  on  the  next  pay  rolls,  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  114  of  these  regulations. 

692.  If  articles  of  public  property  are  embezzled,  or  lost  or  damaged  through 
neglect,  by  a  civilian  employee,  the  value  or  damage  as  ascertained  (and  by  a  survey 
if  necessary)  shall  be  charged  to  him  and  set  against  any  pay  or  money  due  him. 

693.  Whenever  information  is  received  that  animals  or  other  property  belong- 
ing to  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  are  unlawfully  in  the  possession  of 
any  person  not  in  the  military  service,  the  quartermaster  or  other  proper  officer 
will  promptly  cause  proceedings  to  be  instituted  and  diligently  prosecuted  before 
the  civil  authorities  for  the  recovery  of  the  property;  and,  if  the  same  has  been 
stolen,  for  the  arrest,  trial,  conviction,  and  due  punishment  of  the  offender  and  his 
accomplices. 

694.  Upon  satisfactory  information  that  such  United  States  property,  unlawfully 
in  the  possession  of  any  parties,  is  likely  to  be  taken  away,  concealed,  or  otherwise 
disposed  of  before  the  necessary  proceedings  can  be  had  in  the  civil  tribunals  for  its 
recovery,  the  post  or  detachment  commander  will  at  once  cause  the  same  to  be  seized, 
and  will  hold  it  subject  to  any  legal  proceedings  that  may  be  instituted  by  other  par- 
ties.    Persons  caught  in  the  act  of  stealing  public  property  will  be  summarily  arrested 
by  the  troops  and  turned  over  to  the  civil  authorities  for  trial. 

695.  When  public  property  has  been  lost  or  stolen  and  the  officer  responsible 
therefor  has  failed  to  get  possession  of  it  by  the  ordinary  means,  the  post  commander 
may  authorize  the  quartermaster  to  offer  a  reward  for  its  recovery,  such  reward  not 
to  exceed  one-fifth  of  the  value  of  the  property  lost  or  stolen,  and  in  no  case  shall  it 
exceed  $50.     If  the  property  has  been  stolen,  the  reward  shall  include  payment  for 
such  information  as  the  claimant  possesses  in  regard  to  the  larceny  and  recovery  of 
the  property  as  may  lead  to  a  conviction  of  the  guilty  party. 

696.  The  expenses  necessarily  incurred  by  any  action  under  the  three  preceding 
paragraphs,  with  the  exception  of  attorney's  fees,  will  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department,  upon  proper  vouchers  approved  by  the  department  commandei.     Offi- 
cers will  promptly  report  their  action  to  department  headquarters. 


PROPERTY    ACCOUNTABILITY; — PROPERTY    RETURNS.  105 

PROPERTY   ACCOUNTABILITY. 

697.  All  public  property,  whether  paid  for  or  not,  must  be  accounted  for  on  the 
proper  returns.  All  public  property  unaccounted  for  when  discovered  by  an 
accountable  officer  will  be  taken  up  and  the  usual  returns  rendered  therefor.  When 
discovered  by  officers  not  accountable  for  that  class  of  property,  or  by  enlisted  men 
or  civilian  employees,  they  shall  report  the  same  as  soon  as  practicable  to  an  officer 
so  accountable,  who  will  take  it  up  and  account  for  it.  In  the  absence  of  such  an 
accountable  officer  the  senior  officer,  enlisted  man,  or  civilian  employee  present  will 
take  charge  of  such  property  and  report  it  to  the  commander  of  the  department 
wherein  it  may  be  located  with  a  view  to  its  proper  disposition. 

69 §.  An  officer  accountable  for  the  public  property  of  two  or  more  companies  will 
account  for  that  pertaining  to  each,  except  quartermaster  supplies,  on  a  separate 
return. 

699.  Accountability  for  public  property  will  not  be  transferred  to  enlisted  men, 
except  to  sergeants  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  at  ungarrisoned  posts  and  ser- 
geants of  the  Signal  Corps  or  enlisted  men  acting  as  such. 

700.  Vouchers  for  issues  or  expenditures  of  property  not  authorized  by  regulations 
will  be  accompanied  by  copies  of  the  orders  directing  the  issues  or  expenditures. 

701.  An  officer  will  have  credit  for  an  expenditure  of  property  made  in  obedience 
to  the  order  of  his  commanding  officer.     If  the  expenditure  is  disallowed,  it  will  be 
charged  to  the  officer  who  ordered  it. 

702.  Public  property  expended,  lost,  or  destroyed  in  the  military  service  must  be 
accounted  for  by  affidavit,  or  the  certificate  of  a  commissioned  officer,  or  other  satis- 
factory evidence. 

703.  When  an  enlisted  man  has,  by  a  court-martial,  been  convicted  of  losing  or 
damaging  public  property,  the  officer  accountable  for  the  property  will  send  with  his 
property  return  a  certified  copy  of  so  much  of  the  court-martial  order  as  refers  to  the 
case,  giving  number,  date,  and  place  of  issue  of  the  order,  and  stating-on-the  face  of 
said  copy  the  rolls  on  which  the  charges  are  made. 

704.  Should  an  officer  or  agent  of  the  Government  charged  with  public  property 
fail  to  render  the  prescribed  returns  thereof  within  a  reasonable  time,  a  settlement  of 
his  accounts  will  be  made  by  the  proper  bureau  of  the  War  Department,  and  the 
money  value  of  the  property  with  which  he  is  charged  will  be  reported  against  him 
for  stoppage. 

705.  All  returns  of  stores  or  supplies  will  be  rendered  as  required  by  regulations 
or  orders.     Those  of  subsistence  stores  and  subsistence  property  will  be  forwarded 
within  ten  days  after  th.e  expiration  of  the  accounting  periods,  and  those  of  other 
classes  of  stores  and  property  within  twenty  days,  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  to  which 
they  pertain. 

ADMINISTRATIVE   EXAMINATION   OF   PROPERTY    RETURNS. 

706.  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  receipt  of  a  return  by  the  proper  chief  of  bureau, 
it  will  be  examined  in  his  office,  and  the  officer  making  the  return  will  be  notified  of 
all  errors  and  irregularities  found  therein  and  granted  three  months  to  correct  them. 
Suspensions  or  disallowances  will  not  be  made  on  account  of  slight  informalities  which 
do  not  affect  the  validity  of  a  voucher,  but  the  officer's  attention  may  be  called  to 
them.     Whenever  the  errors  have  been  corrected  or  compensation  has  been  made  for 
deficient  articles,  and  the  action  of  the  bureau  chief  is  sustained  or  modified  by  the 
Secretary  of  War,  the  return  will  be  regarded  as  settled,  and  the  officer  who  rendered 
it  will  be  notified  accordingly. 

707.  If  the  necessary  corrections  in  the  return  be  not  made  within  the  prescribed 
time,  the  facts  will  be  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War.     When  it  has  been  deter- 
mined that  the  money  value  of  the  property  for  which  an  officer  has  failed  to  account 
shall  be  refunded  to  the  United  States,  the  facts  will  be  certified  to  the  Auditor  for 
the  War  Department  by  the  proper  chief  of  bureau. 


106  LANDS    AND    BUILDINGS — SURVEYS    ON    PROPERTY. 

ARTICLE  LV. 

LANDS,  BUILDINGS,  AND  IMPROVEMENTS. 

7O§.  Land  shall  not  be  purchased  for  the  United  States  except  under  an  act  of 
•Congress  authorizing  the  purchase,  nor  shall  public  money  be  expended  for  the  erec- 
tion of  armories,  arsenals,  forts,  fortifications,  or  permanent  buildings  of  any  descrip- 
tion thereon,  until  the  written  opinion  of  the  Attorney-General  shall  have  been 
•obtained  announcing  the  validity  of  the  title  thereof  in  the  Government,  nor,  if  the 
land  be  .within  any  State,  until  jurisdiction  over  it  shall  have  been  ceded  to  the 
United  States  by  the  legislature  of  the  State,  or  such  cession  of  jurisdiction  shall 
have  been  expressly  waived  by  Congress. 

709.  All  papers  relating  to  the  Washington  Aqueduct  and  public  buildings  and 
.•grounds  in  the  District  of  Columbia  will  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  Engi- 
neers.    All  other  deeds  and  papers  pertaining  to  the  title  or  sale  of,  and  any  lease, 
grant,  license,  or  easement  of,  upon,  or  over  any  military  reservation  or  other  lands 
under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  War  Department  will  be  filed  in  the  office  of  the  Judge  - 
Advocate-General.     When  any  such  papers  come  into  the  possession  of  any  bureau, 
they  shall   within  five  days  thereafter  be  transferred  to  the  office  of  the  Judge- 
Advocate-General  . 

710.  Permanent  military  buildings  will-be  constructed  only  under  special  author- 
ity granted  by  an  act  of  Congress,  unless  the  work  or  labor  connected  therewith  is 
performed  by  troops,  and  in  such   case  the  authority  of  Congress  must  first  be 
obtained  if  the  estimated  cost  of  the  building  or  structure  exceeds  $20,000. 

711.  Permanent  barracks,  quarters,  or  other  buildings,  or  piers  or  wharves,  will 
not  be  erected  or  constructed  except  by  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  in 
accordance  with  plans  approved  by  him;  nor  will  any  material  alterations  be  made 
in  public  buildings  unless  like  authority  is  first  obtained;  nor  will  any  expenditures 
exceeding  $500  be  made  upon  any  building  or  grounds  at  any  post,  fort,  arsenal,  or 
depot  without  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War  and  upon  detailed  estimates 
submitted  to  him. 

712.  A  copy  of  the  plat  of  the  lands  at  each  post,  tort,  arsenal,  and  depot,  fur- 
nished from  the  proper  bureau,  will  be  carefully  preserved  in  the  office  of  the  com- 
manding officer. 

ARTICLE  LVI. 

SURVEYS  ON  PROPERTY. 

713.  Public  property  which  has  been  damaged,  except  by  fair  wear  and  tear,  or 
is  unsuitable  for  the  service,  before  being  submitted  to  an  inspector  for  condemna- 
tion, will  be  surveyed  by  a  disinterested  officer,  preferably  the  summary  court  officer. 

714.  The  surveying  officer  will  be  designated  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
regiment,  separate    battalion,  post,  or    station.     Such  officer  may,   however,   be 
appointed  by  the  commanding  officer  of  a  territorial  division  or  department,  an  army 
corps,  division,  or  brigade.     If  none  but  the  commanding  officer  and  interested 
-officers  be  present  for  duty,  then  the  commanding  officer  will  survey  the  property. 
When  only  the  responsible  or  interested  officer  is  present,  he"  will  not  appoint 
himself  surveying  officer,  but  will  furnish  the  next  higher  commander  his  certifi- 
cate of  facts  and  circumstances,  supported  by  the  sworn  testimony  of  witnesses,  or 
by  the  affidavits  of  enlisted  men  or  others  who  are  cognizant  thereof.     Should  the 
case  thus  presented  not  be  considered  satisfactory,  or  in  a  case  in  which  only  inter- 
ested officers  with  opposing  interests  are  present  for  duty  at  the  post  or  station,  the 
next  higher  commander  may  make  the  necessary  investigation.     In  cases  where  the 
property  in  question  has  been  previously  acted  upon,  the  officer  making  the  investi- 
gation will  be  so  informed  and  the  previous  reports  will  be  considered. 


STJKVEYS    ON    PROPERTY.  107 

715.  The  surveying  officer  must  fully  investigate  matters  submitted  to  him.     He 
will  call  for  all  evidence  attainable,  and  will  not  limit  his  inquiries  to  proofs  or  state- 
ments presented  by  parties  in  interest.     He  will  rigidly  scrutinize  the  evidence, 
especially  in  cases  of  alleged  theft  or  embezzlement,  and  will  not  recommend  the 
relief  of  officers  or  soldiers  from  responsibility  unless  fully  satisfied  that  those  charged 
with  the  care  of  property  have  performed  their  whole  duty  in  regard  to  it.     He 
should  hear  in  person  or  by  deposition  all  persons  concerned  in  the  subject-matter 
before  him.     In  no  case,  however,  will  his  report  take  the  place  of  the  evidence 
required  in  paragraph  687. 

716.  The  party  responsible  for  the  property  to  be  surveyed  will  in  all  cases  fur- 
nish the  original  certificates  or  affidavits,  or  the  testimony  of  the  witnesses  upon 
which  he  relies  to  relieve  him  from  responsibility  and  the  number  of  duly  attested 
copies  of  such  affidavits  and  certificates  required  to  accompany  the  report. 

717.  Any  officer  of  the  Army  detailed  to  conduct  an  investigation,  and  the  re- 
corder, and,  if  there  be  none,  the  presiding  officer  of  any  military  board  appointed 
for  such  purpose,  shall  have  authority  to  administer  an  oath  to  any  witness  attend- 
ing to  testify  or  depose  in  the  course  of  such  investigation. 

7 1  §.  The  surveying  officer  can  not  condemn  public  property.  His  action  is  purely 
advisory.  He  will  ascertain  and  report  facts,  submitting  opinions  and  making  rec- 
ommendations upon  questions  of  responsibility  which  may  arise  through  accident, 
mistake,  or  neglect.  For  example,  he  investigates  and  determines  questions  involv- 
ing the  character,  amount,  and  cause  of  damage  or  deficiency  which  public  property 
may  have  sustained  in  transit,  store,  or  use,  and  which  is  not  the  result  of  ordinary 
wear  and  tear  of  the  service,  and  reports  the  investigation  made,  his  opinions  thereon, 
and  fixes  responsibility  for  such  damage  or  deficiency  upon  the  proper  party.  He 
makes  inventories  of  property  ordered  to  be  abandoned  when  the  articles  have  not 
been  enumerated  in  the  orders  for  abandonment.  He  recommends  the  prices  at 
which  damaged  clothing  may  be  issued  and  the  proportion  in  which  supplies  shall 
be  issued  in  consequence  of  damage  or  deterioration  that  renders  them,  at  the  usual 
rate,  unequal  to  the  regulation  allowance,  fixing  in  each  instance  responsibility  for 
actual  condition.  He  verifies  the  discrepancy  between  invoices  and  the  actual  quan- 
tity or  description  of  property  transferred  from  one  officer  to  another,  fixes  definitely 
amounts  received  for  which  the  receiving  officer  must  receipt,  and  ascertains,  as  far 
as  possible,  where  and  how  the  discrepancy  has  occurred. 

719.  The  report  will  be  prepared  in  triplicate  and  will  then  be  submitted  to  the 
convening  authority  for  approval  or  disapproval.     Separate  reports  will  be  made  for 
each  staff  department  concerned. 

720.  On  the  approved  recommendation  of  a  surveying  officer,  public  animals 
may  be  killed  to  prevent  contagion  or  terminate  suffering;  clothing  infected  with 
contagious  disease,  stores  that  have  become  so  deteriorated  as  to  endanger  health  or 
injure  other  stores,  and  unserviceable  stores  of  no  salable  value  may  be  destroyed. 

This  paragraph  will  be  limited,  in  its  application  to  ordnance  stores,  to  such  as 
form  part  of  the  equipment  of  cavalry  and  infantry  and  to  articles  of  similar  char- 
acter and  cost,  small  arms  excepted. 

A  certificate  of  the  witnessing  officer  that  the  property  has  been  destroyed  as 
authorized  will  be  appended  to  the  report. 

721.  When  the  value  of  the  property  submitted  for  survey  or  the  loss  or  damage 
to  be  inquired  into  does  not  exceed  $500,  and  the  interested  officer  does  not  request 
the  department  commander's. action,  the  report  will  be  considered  complete,  for  sub- 
mission as  a  property  voucher,  upon  the  approval  of  the  appointing  authority.     One 
copy  will  then  be  forwarded  to  department  headquarters  and  the  others  delivered  to 
the  officer  accountable. 

722.  Should  the  report  be  disapproved  by  the  appointing  authority,  or  should 
the  value  of  the  property  submitted  for  survey  or  the  loss  or  damage  to  be  inquired 


108  SDEVEYS    ON    PROPERTY, 

into  exceed  $500,  or,  whatever  the  amount  involved,  should  the  officer  pecuniarily 
interested  request  it,  the  report  in  triplicate  will  be  forwarded  to  the  next  higher 
commander  for  review,  and  with  his  action  is  complete.  One  copy  will  then  be  filed 
at  department  headquarters  and  the  others  sent  to  the  accountable  officer.  But  all 
reports  of  surveys  of  property,  whatever  their  nature  or  the  amounts  involved,  are 
subject  on  call  to  the  approval  or  disapproval  of  the  next  higher  commander,  or  such 
other  action  on  his  part  as  the  merits  of  the  case  or  the  interests  of  the  Government 
may  in  his  opinion  require. 

723.  The  reports  of  a  survey  which  recommend  the  relief  of  officers  and  enlisted 
men  from  responsibility  should  not  be  approved  unless  full  and  careful  investigation 
and  convincing  proof  to  sustain  the  findings  appear. 

724.  When  the  approved  report  of  a  surveying  officer  holds  common  carriers  or 
persons  not  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  responsible  for  the  loss  of  or 
damage  to  public  property  or  stores,  the  chief  of  that  branch  of  the*staff  to  which 
the  stores  or  property  pertain  in  the  territorial  department  in  which  the  loss  or 
damage  occurred  will  at  once  take  steps  to  make  collection  from  the  parties  so  held. 
If  the  loss  occurred  during  transit,  collection  will  be  made  through  the  Quarter- 
master's Department;  if  there  were  deficiencies  in  the  original  packages  when  pur- 
chased and  delivered,  collection  will  be  made  through  the  purchasing  officer.     The 
chief  of  bureau  will  be  notified  at  once  of  the  steps  taken  toward  making  collection, 
and,  when  the  money  is  refunded,  report  will  be  made  showing  how  and  when 
accounted  for.     If,  hi  any  instance,  collection  can  not  be  made,  that  fact,  together 
with  reasons  therefor,  will  be  likewise  reported  to  the  chief  of  bureau. 

725.  Properly  approved  reports  of  surveys  of  property  may  be  submitted  as 
vouchers  to  property  returns.     They  are  not  to  be  considered  as  conclusive  until 
accepted  by  the  Secretary  of  War.     Until  then  they  are  to  be  regarded  simply  as  the 
opinions  and  recommendations  of  disinterested  officers,  to  aid  in  the  settlement  of 
questions  of  accountability  between  the  Government  and  the  individuals  concerned. 
If,  on  examination  in  the  proper  bureau,  they  exhibit  serious  errors  or  defects  either 
of  investigation  or  of  finding,  they  will  not  be  accepted  as  sufficient  vouchers,  and 
the  officer  submitting  them  will  be  duly  notified,  that  he  may  have  opportunity  to 
make  explanations  or  appeal  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

726.  At  posts  or  stations  not  under  the  control  of  department  commanders  com- 
manding officers  will  be  governed  by  these  regulations  in  appointing  surveying  officers 
and  acting  upon  their  reports,  but  in  cases  referred  to  in  paragraph  722  will  forward 
the  papers  to  the  chiefs  of  bureaus  to  which  the  property  pertains. 

727.  Whenever  a  report  of  a  survey  recommends  a  stoppage  against  an  enlisted 
man  and  the  recommendation  is  approved,  the  appointing  authority  will  cause  a  copy 
of  the  report  to  be  furnished  to  the  company  commander  who  will  charge  the 
amount  on  the  next  pay  rolls  of  the  company. 

72§.  If  an  inspection  of  property  follows  the  report  of  a  survey  thereon,  one  copy 
of  the  proceedings  will  accompany  the  inventory  and  inspection  report  which  is 
transmitted  for  approval,  and  will  afterwards  be  returned  to  be  used  as  a  voucher  to 
the  officer's  returns,  and  another,  with  the  inventory  and  inspection  report,  will  be 
filed  by  the  officer  with  his  retained  papers. 

729.  Compensation  may  be  made  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  March  3,  1885,  for  private  property  of  officers  or  enlisted  men  lost  or 
destroyed  in  the  military  service  under  any  of  the  following  circumstances: 

1.  Without  fault  or  negligence  on  the  part  of  the  claimant,  and  on  account  of  some 
exigency  or  necessity  of  the  military  service. 

2.  Where  the  private  property  so  lost  or  destroyed  was  shipped  on  board  an 
unseaworthy  vessel  by  order  of  an  officer  authorized  to  give  such  order  or  direct 
such  shipment. 

3.  Where  it  appears  that  the  loss  or  destruction  of  the  private  property  of  the 


SURVEYS    ON    PROPERTY— ^CIVILIAN    EMPLOYEES.  109 

claimant  was  in  consequence  of  his  having  given  his  attention  to  the  saving  of  the 
property  belonging  to  the  United  States  which  was  in  danger  at  the  same  time  and 
under  similar  circumstances. 

Compensation  will  not  be  made  for  losses  sustained  in  time  of  war  or  hostilities 
with  Indians,  and  claim  for  compensation  must  be  presented  within  two  years  from 
the  occurrence  of  the  loss  or  destruction.  Each  claim  for  compensation  will  be  for- 
warded through  military  channels  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  and  will, 
if  possible,  be  accompanied  by  the  proceedings  of  a  board  of  officers,  showing  fully 
the  circumstances  of  the  loss.  All  personal  property  for  the  loss  or  destruction  of 
which  payment  is  claimed  must  be  enumerated  and  described  in  the  proceedings  of 
the  board  of  officers,  but  the  board  will  recommend  payment  for  only  such  articles 
as  in  the  opinion  of  the  board  were  reasonable,  useful,  necessary,  and  proper  for  the 
claimant  to  have  in  the  public  service  in  the  line  of  duty. 

ARTICLE  LVII. 

CIVILIAN  EMPLOYEES. 
GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

730.  In  the  staff  corps  and  departments  the  employment  of  civilians  will  be  reg- 
ulated by  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War.     Those  whose  services  are  engaged  with  the  intention  or  probability  of  retain- 
ing them  for  more  than  three  months  are  classified  as  permanent  employees.     Their 
appointment,  dismissal,  promotion,  or  reduction  will  be  made,  under  the  supervision 
of  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus,  by  the  officers  employing  them,  except  as  con- 
trolled by  statute  or  the  civil-service  rules;  but  in  selections  for  such  employment 
preference  will  be  given,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  applicants  who  have  served  merito- 
riously as  enlisted  men  in  the  Army,  and  the  appointments  and  promotions  of  all 
permanent  employees,  except  mechanics,  laborers,  teamsters,  and  others  of  similar 
or  kindred  occupations,  will  be  submitted  for  the  approval  or  confirmation  of  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

731.  The  clerks  and  messengers  authorized  by  the  act  of  Congress  of  August  6, 
1894,  will  be  employed  and  apportioned  to  the  several  headquarters  and  stations  by 
the  Secretary  of  War,  and  will  not  be  transferred  without  his  authority.     All  mes- 
senger service  at  the  several  division  and  department  headquarters,  except  for  staff 
officers  not  assigned  to  the  headquarters'  staff,  and,  as  far  as  practicable,  all  clerical 
services  thereat,  will  be  performed  by  this  class  of  employees. 

732.  Department  commanders  will  confine  expenditures  for  civilian  employees 
within  the  allotments  for  the  purpose  made  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary 
of  War. 

733.  Civil  engineers,  clerks,  inspectors,  storekeepers,  packers,  watchmen,  mes- 
sengers, teamsters,  mechanics,  and  laborers  will,  as  a  rule,  be  engaged  by  the  month, 
day,  or  piece,  and  paid  at  the  end  of  each  calendar  month.     They  will  be  designated 
upon  the  rolls  in  the  capacity  in  which  employed  and  at  the  rates  established. 
When  discharged  and  not  paid,  certified  statements  will  be  given  them. 

734.  Eight  hours  constitute  a  day's  work  for  all  mechanics  and  laborers  employed 
by  or  on  behalf  of  the  United  States,  except  in  cases  of  emergency.     This  rule  does 
not  extend  to  engineers,  firemen,  seamen,  watchmen,  messengers,  teamsters,  and 
others,  the  nature  of  whose  employment  is  peculiar  and  whose  services  maybe  neces- 
sary at  any  or  occasionally  at  all  hours  of  the  day. 

TRAVELING   EXPENSES. 

735.  For  authorized  journeys  of  civilian  employees  of  any  branch  of  the  military 
service  transportation  requests  will  be  obtained  when  practicable,  but  will  be  obtained 
in  every  case  for  travel  over  bond-aided  railroads. 


110  CIVILIAN  EMPLOYEES. 

736.  Reimbursement  of  actual  expenses  when  traveling  under  competent  orders 
will  be  allowed,  under  the  following  heads,  to  civilians  in  the  employ  of  any  branch 
of  the  military  service,  excepting  the  expert  accountant  of  the  Inspector-General's 
Department,  paymasters'  clerks,  and  those  mentioned  in  the  next  succeeding  para- 
graph, viz: 

1.  Cost  of  transportation  (excluding  parlor-car  fare)  over  the  shortest  usually  trav- 
eled route,  when  it  was  impracticable  to  furnish  transportation  in  kind  on  transporta- 
tion requests. 

2.  Cost  of  transfers  to  and  from  railroad  stations,  not  exceeding  50  cents  for  each 
transfer. 

3.  Cost  of  one  double  berth  in  a  sleeping  car,  or  customary  stateroom  accommoda- 
tion on  boats  and  steamers  when  extra  charge  is  made  therefor. 

4.  Cost  of  meals  not  exceeding  $3  per  day  while  en  route  when  meals  are  not 
included  in  the  transportation  fare  paid;  and  not  exceeding  $3  per  day  for  meals  and 
lodgings  during  necessary  delay  en  route. 

5.  Cost  of  meals  and  lodgings  not  exceeding  $3  per  day  while  on  duty  at  places 
designated  in  the  orders  for  the  performance  of  temporary  duty. 

737.  Laborers,  teamsters,  and  employees  of  similar  character,  traveling  under 
competent  orders,  will  be  entitled  to  such  actual  and  necessary  expenses  of  travel  and 
subsistence  as  may  be  authorized  by  the  chief  of  bureau  which  pays  the  accounts. 
Those  in  receipt  of  a  ration  under  paragraph  1219  will  not  be  allowed  commutation 
therefor.     If  it  be  impracticable  for  them  to  carry  rations  in  kind,  rations  will  not  be 
drawn  for  the  period  during  which  they  are  traveling. 

738.  None  but  the  authorized  items  of  traveling  expenses  of  civilians  will  be 
allowed.     They  will  in  all  cases  be  set  forth  in  detail  in  each  voucher  for  reimburse- 
ment, supported  by  oath  and,  when  practicable,  by  receipts. 

739.  The    allowances    hereinbefore    provided  for  the   subsistence   of   civilian 
employees  cease  upon  the  arrival  of  the  employees  at  the  destination  mentioned  in 
their  orders  for  travel;  they  must  then  subsist  on  their  rations,  if  entitled  to  them, 
or  provide  for  their  subsistence  out  of  their  regular  pay. 

740.  Paymasters'  clerks  and  the  expert  accountant  of  the  Inspector-General's 
Department  when  traveling  on  duty  will,  when  transportation  in  kind  can  not  be 
furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  be  reimbursed  for  cost  of  transporta- 
tion paid  by  them  exclusive  of  parlor  or  sleeping  car  fares  or  transfers,  and  will 
receive  in  addition  thereto,  for  all  travel  whether  or  not  on  transportation  requests, 
4  cents  per  mile  for  each  mile  necessarily  traveled  by  them  in  the  performance  of 
duty;  distance  to  be  computed  over  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route.     But  in 
traveling  on  duty  to  and  from  or  between  our  island  possessions  only  actual  expenses 
shall  be  paid  for  sea  travel. 

741.  Actual  traveling  expenses,  as  contemplated  in  the  preceding  paragraphs,  are 
paid  by  the  following  departments,  \iz: 

Pay  Department. — To  paymasters'  clerks,  the  expert  accountant  of  the  Inspector- 
General's  Department,  civilians  summoned  as  witnesses  before,  and  authorized 
reporters  of,  military  courts. 

Ordnance  Department. — To  employees  at  arsenals  and  armories  (cost  of  transportation 
included)  from  appropriations  for  the  service  of  the  Ordnance  Department. 

Engineer  Department. — To  employees  on  public  works  and  fortifications  (cost  of 
transportation  included)  from  appropriations  made  specifically  for  the  work. 

Quartermaster's  Department. — To  employees  of  the  Quartermaster's  and  Subsistence 
Departments,  and  other  employees  of  the  Army  not  above  provided  for. 

742.  When  officers  of  the  staff  departments  change  station  the  transfer  of  clerks 
or  other  employees  to  the  new  stations  at  the  expense  of  the  United  States  is  pro- 
hibited, except  in  cases  of  urgent  necessity,  for  which  the  sanction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War  will  be  first  obtained.     The  Pay  Department  is  excepted  from  this  regulation. 


STAFF    ADMINISTRATION.  Ill 

ARTICLE  LVIII. 

STAFF  ADMINISTRATION. 

743.  The  supply,  payment,  and  recruitment  of  the  Army,  and  the  direction  of 
the  expenditures  of  the  appropriations  for  its  support,  are  by  law  intrusted  to  the 
Secretary  of  War.     He  exercises  control  through  the  Chief  of  Staff  and  the  bureau? 
of  the  War  Department.     He  determines  where  and  how  particular  supplies  shall 
be  purchased,  delivered,  inspected,  stored,  and  distributed. 

744.  The  exercise  by  the  President  of  his  power  to  call  the  organized  militia  into- 
the  service  of  the  United  States,  or  to  raise  volunteers,  authorizes  the  chiefs  of  the 
supply  departments  of  the  Army  to  equip  and  supply  said  forces  in  the   manner 
authorized  by  the  Army  and  Field  Service  Regulations,  limited  only  by  available 
appropriations. 

745.  When  a  chief  of  bureau  of  the  War  Department  desires  to  change  the  sta- 
tion of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  of  his  department,  or  to  send  him  on  duty  peculiar 
thereto  (except  in  cases  of  officers  employed  under  the  appropriations  for  the  improve- 
ment of  rivers  and  harbors  and  for  construction  of  fortifications),  he  will  apply  to  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  for  the  necessary  orders,  setting  forth  the  reasons 
for  the  change  or  the  purpose  of  the  journeys. 

746.  The  assignment  to  stations  of  officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the  staff  depart- 
ments, or  of  post  noncommissioned  staff  officers,  except  as  provided  in  the  Field 
Service  Regulations,  will  be  made  by  the  War  Department  or  by  commanders  of  ter- 
ritorial divisions  and  departments,  under  the  special  authority  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment.    The  commander  of  a  division  or  department  who,  in  consequence  of  the 
movement  of  troops  or  other  necessity  of    service,    removes  an  officer  from  the 
station  to  which  he  has  been  assigned  by  the  War  Department,  will  promptly  report 
the  case  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 

747.  When  business  upon  which  a  board  of  officers  is  to  be  assembled  is  solely 
within  the  sphere  of  duty  of  a  particular  staff  department,  and  the  members  thereof 
are  to  be  selected  from  the  same,  the  chief  of  such  department  will  call  the  board  if 
it  is  to  meet  at  a  post  or  station  under  his  immediate  control  and  is  to  be  composed 
only  of  officers  serving  thereat;  otherwise"  the  order  appointing  it  will  be  issued  by 
direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

748.  Copies  of  all  important  communications  from  a  bureau  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment to  a  disbursing  officer  on  the  staff  of  a  department  commander,  which  concern 
service  in  such  department,  will  be  sent  direct  to  the  department  commander. 

749.  Staff  officers  assigned  to  the  command  of  an  officer  are  under  his  supervision 
and  control  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  or  affecting  the  command  and  in  all  other 
matters  which  are  not  specially  excepted  from  such  control  by  the  regulations  or 
orders  of  the  War  Department. 

750.  Commanders  of  divisions  and  departments,  in  order  to  avoid  unnecessary 
clerical  labor  and  accumulation  of  papers,  will  call  upon  officers  under  their  orders 
for  only  such  abstracts  or  reports,  in  addition  to  those  required  by  regulations,  w 
may  be  needed  for  proper  administration,  but  will  not  require  regular  reports  and 
returns  at  stated  times  without  the  authority  of  the  War  Department. 

751.  Commanding  officers  will  cause  returns,  requisitions,  and  estimates  pertain- 
ing to  their  respective  commands  to  be  promptly  made  and  forwarded. 

752.  Officers  doing  duty  as  staff  officers  of  military  posts  and  commands  will  sub- 
mit their  estimates  and   requisitions  for  supplies,  property,  and   money   to  their 
immediate  commanding  officers  for  revision  and  approval,  who  will  carefully  exam- 
ine estimates  and  requisitions  and  satisfy  themselves  that  money  or  articles  asked 
for  are  in  amount,  quantity,  and  kind  actually  required  for  the  public  service  during 
the  period  covered. 


112  GENERAL    STAFF    CORPS. 

753.  The  chief  of  each  branch  of  the  staff  of  any  command  will  carefully  revise 
the  estimates  and  requisitions  for  money  and  supplies  for  the  command  in  so  far  as 
his  particular  branch  is  concerned.     He  will  ascertain  and  recommend  the  cheapest 
markets  and  most  economical  routes  of  transportation.     Such  officers  will  receive 
from  their  commanders  timely  instructions   as  to  all  contemplated  movements  of 
troops  and  as  to  any  probable  increase  or  diminution  of  the  garrison  at  any  particular 
post,  that  a  proper  and  economical  distribution  of  supplies  may  be  made. 

754.  It  is  the  duty  of  commanding  officers  to  enforce  rigid  economy  in  public 
expenditures  and  to  correct  all  irregularity  and  extravagance  which  they  may  dis- 
cover; to  see  that  disbursements  are  economically  made  and  that  public  property  is 
protected;  to  scrutinize  carefully  all  contracts  and  vouchers  for  disbursements,  and 
to  guard  the  public  interests  in  every  particular. 

ARTICLE  LIX. 

GENERAL  STAFF  CORPS. 

755.  The  General  Staff  Corps,  created   in  conformity  to  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  February  14,  1903,  is  composed  of  officers  of  the  grades  and  number  speci- 
fied in  said  act,  detailed  for  service  in  said  corps  for  a  period  of  four  years  unless 
sooner  relieved,  under  rules  of  selection  prescribed  by  the  President,     Upon  being 
relieved  from  duty  in  the  General  Staff  Corps  officers  return  to  the  branch  of  the 
Army  in  which  they  hold  permanent  commissions,  and  except  in  case  of  emergency 
or  in  time  of  war  are  not  eligible  to  further  detail  therein  until  they  have  served 
for  two  years  with  the  branch  of  the  Army  in  which  commissioned.     This  ineli- 
gibility  does  not  apply  to  any  officer  who  has  been  relieved  prior  to  the  expiration  of 
four  years'  duty  with  the  corps;  but  such  officer  will  become  ineligible  as  soon  as  he 
shall  have  completed  a  total  of  four  years  of  said  duty.     While  serving  in  the  General 
Staff  Corps  officers  may  be  temporarily  assigned  to  duty  with  any  branch  of  the  Army. 

756.  The  law  establishes  the  General  Staff  Corps  as  a  separate  and  distinct 
staff  organization,  the  chief  of  which  has  supervision,  under  superior  authority,  over 
all  branches  of  the  military  service,  line  and  staff,  except  such  as  are  exempted 
therefrom  by  law  or  regulations,  with  a  view  to  their  coordination  and  harmonious 
cooperation  in  the  execution  of  authorized  military  policies. 

757.  The  General  Staff  Corps,  under  the  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Staff,  is 
charged  with  the  duty  of  investigating  and  reporting  upon  all  questions  affecting  the 
efficiency  of  the  Army  and  its  state  of  preparation  for  military  operations,  and  to 
this  end  considers  and  reports  upon  all  questions  relating  to  organization,  distribu- 
tion, equipment,  armament,  and  training  of  the  military  forces  (Regulars,  Volun- 
teers, and  Militia) ,  proposed  legislative  enactments  and  general  and  special  regulations 
affecting  the  Army,  transportation,   communications,  quarters,  and  supplies;  pre- 
pares projects  for  maneuvers;  revises  estimates  for  appropriations  for  the  support  of 
the  Army  and  advises  as  to  disbursement  of  such  appropriations;  exercises  super- 
vision over  inspections,  military  education  and  instruction,  examinations  for  the 
appointment  and  promotion  of  officers,  efficiency  records,  details  and  assignments, 
and  all  orders  and  instructions  originating  in  the  course  of  administration  in  any 
branch  of  the  service  which  have  relation  to  the  efficiency  of  the  military  forces; 
prepares  important  orders  and  correspondence  embodying  the  orders  and  instruc- 
tions of  the  President  and  Secretary  of  War  to  the  Army;  reviews  the  reports  of 
examining  and  retiring  boards,  and  acts  upon  such  other  matters  as  the  Secretary  of 
War  may  determine. 

758.  The  General  Staff  Corps,  under  like  direction,  is  further  charged  with  the 
duty  of  preparing  plans  for  the  national  defense  and  for  the  mobilization  of  the 
military  forces  (including  the  assignment  to  armies,  corps,  divisions,  and  other 
headquarters  of  the  necessary  quota  of  general  staff  and  other  staff  officers),  and 
incident  thereto  with  the  study  of  possible  theaters  of  war  and  of  strategic  questions 


WAR    DEPARTMENT   GENERAL    STAFF CHIEF    OF    STAFF.        113 

in  general;  with  the  collection  of  military  information  of  foreign  countries  and  of  our 
own;  the  preparation  of  plans  of  campaign,  of  reports  of  campaigns,  battles,  engage- 
ments and  expeditions,  and  of  technical  histories  of  military  operations  of  the  United 
States. 

759.  To  officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  are  committed  the  further  duties  of 
rendering  professional  aid  and  assistance  to  the  Secretary  of  War  and  to  general 
officers  and  other  superior  commanders  and  of  acting  as  their  agents  in  informing, 
and  coordinating  the  action  of,  all  the  different  officers  who  are  subject  under  the 
provisions  of  law  to  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

They  perform  such  other  military  duties  not  otherwise  assigned  by  law  as  may 
from  time  to  time  be  prescribed  by  the  President.  Under  the  authority  here  con- 
ferred officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  are  intrusted  with  the  executive  duties 
hereinafter  indicated. 

760.  Officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  assigned  to  duty  with  commanders  of 
armies,  corps,  divisions,  separate  brigades,  territorial  divisions,  and  departments  are 
collectively  denominated  the  General  Staff  serving  with  troops.     They  serve  under 
the  immediate  orders  of  such  commanders;  those  not  so  assigned  perform  duty  under 
the  immediate  direction  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  and  constitute  the  War  Department 
General  Staff. 

761.  The  assignment  of  duties  to  the  General  Staff  Corps  does  not  involve  in 
any  degree  the  impairment  of  the  initiative  and  responsibility  which  special  staff 
corps  and  departments  have  in  the  transaction  of  current  business. 

WAR  DEPARTMENT  GENERAL  STAFF. 

762.  To  facilitate  the  performance  of  its  duties,  the  War  Department  General 
Staff  will  be  arranged  in  divisions,  each  under  the  direction  of  an  officer  of  the 
General  Staff  Corps  to  be  designated  by  the  Chief  of  Staff.     Each  division  will  be 
subdivided  into  sections  as  may  be  directed  by  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

763.  The  War  Department  General  Staff  in  its  several  divisions  and  sections 
stands  in  an  advisory  relation  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  in  the  performance  of  the  duties 
herein  devolved  upon  him.     The  distribution  of  duties  to  the  several  divisions  and 
sections  is  regulated  by  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

CHIEF  OF  STAFF. 

764.  Under  the  act  of  February  14,  1903,  the  command  of  the  Army  of  the 
United  States  rests  with  the  constitutional  commander-in-chief,  the  President.     The 
President  will  place  parts  of  the  Army,  and  separate  armies  whenever  constituted, 
under  commanders  subordinate  to  his  general  command;  and,  in  case  of  exigency 
seeming  to  him  to  require  it,  he  may  place  the  whole  Army  under  a  single  com- 
mander subordinate  to  him;  but  in  time  of  peace  and  under  ordinary  conditions 
the  administration  and  control  of  the  Army  are  effected  without  any  second  in 
command. 

The  President's  command  is  exercised  through  the  Secretary  of  War  and  the  Chief 
of  Staff.  The  Secretary  of  War  is  charged  with  carrying  out  the  policies  of  the  Presi- 
dent in  military  affairs.  He  directly  represents  the  President  and  is  bound  always 
to  act  in  conformity  to  the  President's  instructions.  Under  the  law  and  the  decisions 
of  the  Supreme  Court  his  acts  are  the  President's  acts  and  his  directions  and  orders 
are  the  President's  directions  and  orders. 

The  Chief  of  Staff  reports  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  acts  as  his  military  adviser, 
receives  from  him  the  directions  and  orders  given  in  behalf  of  the  President,  and 
gives  effect  thereto  in  the  manner  hereinafter  provided. 

Exceptions  to  this  ordinary  course  of  administration  may,  however,  be  made  at 
any  time  if  the  President  sees  fit  to  call  upon  the  Chief  of  Staff  to  give  information 
or  advice,  or  receive  instructions,  directly. 
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114  THE    CHIEF    OF    STAFF. 

Wherever  in  these  regulations  action  by  the  President  is  referred  to,  the  action  of 
the  President  through  the  Secretary  of  War  is  included;  and  wherever  the  action  of 
the  Secretary  of  War  is  referred  to,  the  Secretary  of  WTar  is  deemed  to  act  as  the  rep- 
resentative of  the  President  and  under  his  direction. 

The  Chief  of  Staff  is  detailed  by  the  President  from  officers  of  the  Army  at  large 
not  below  the  grade  of  brigadier-general.  The  successful  performance  of  the  duties 
of  the  position  requires  what  the  title  denotes — a  relation  of  absolute  confidence  and 
personal  accord  and  sympathy  between  the  Chief  of  Staff  and  the  President,  and 
necessarily  also  between  the  Chief  of  Staff  and  the  Secretary  of  War.  For  this 
reason,  without  any  reflection  whatever  upon  the  officer  detailed,  the  detail  will  in 
every  case  cease,  unless  sooner  terminated,  on  the  day  following  the  expiration  of 
the  term  of  office  of  the  President  by  whom  the  detail  is  made;  and  if  at  any  time 
the  Chief  of  Staff  considers  that  he  can  no  longer  sustain  toward  the  President  and 
the  Secretary  of  War  the  relations  above  described,  it  will  be  his  duty  to  apply  to  be 
relieved. 

The  provisions  of  paragraph  755  regarding  the  re-detail  of  an  officer  who  has  not 
completed  a  total  of  four  years'  service  apply  to  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

765.  The  Chief  of  Staff  is  charged  as  limited  and  provided  by  law  with  the  duty 
of  supervising,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  all  troops  of  the  line, 
the  Military  Secretary's,   Inspector-General's,  Judge- Advocate-General's,  Quarter- 
master's, Subsistence,  Medical,  Pay,  and  Ordnance  departments,  the  Corps  of  Engi- 
neers, and  the  Signal  Corps.     He  performs  such  other  military  duties  not  otherwise 
assigned  by  law  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  the  President. 

766.  The  supervisory  power  vested  by  statute  in  the  Chief  of  Staff  covers  pri- 
marily duties  pertaining  to  the  command,  discipline,  training,  and  recruitment  of 
the  Army,  military  operations,  distribution  of  troops,  inspections,  armament,  forti- 
fications, military  education  and  instruction,  and  kindred  matters,  but  includes  also, 
in  an  advisory  capacity,  such  duties  connected  with  fiscal  administration  and  supply 
as  are  committed  to  him  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

In  respect  to  all  duties  within  the  scope  of  his  supervisory  power,  and  more  par- 
ticularly those  duties  enumerated  in  this  and  the  following  paragraph,  he  makes 
and  causes  to  be  made  inspections  to  determine  defects  which  may  exist  in  any 
matter  affecting  the  efficiency  of  the  Army  and  its  state  of  preparation  for  war.  He 
keeps  the  Secretary  of  War  constantly  informed  of  defects  discovered,  and  under  his 
direction  issues  the  necessary  instructions  for  their  correction. 

767.  Supervisory  power  is  conferred  upon  the  Chief  of  Staff  over  all  matters  aris- 
ing in  the  execution  of  acts  of  Congress  and  executive  regulations  made  in  pursuance 
thereof  relating  to  the  militia.     This  supervision  is  especially  directed  to  matters  of 
organization,  armament,  equipment,  discipline,  training,  and  inspections.     Proposed 
legal  enactments  and  regulations  affecting  the  militia  and  estimates  for  appropriations 
for  its  support  are  considered  by  him,  and  his  recommendations  submitted  to  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

768.  The  Chief  of  Staff  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  informing  the  Secretary  of 
War  as  to  the  qualifications  of  officers  as  determined  by  their  records,  with  a  view  to 
proper  selection  for  special  details,  assignments,  and  promotions,  including  detail  to 
and  relief  from  the  General  Staff  Corps;  also  of  presenting  recommendations  for  the 
recognition  of  special  or  distinguished  services. 

769.  All  orders  and  instructions  emanating  from  the  War  Department,  and  all 
regulations  affecting  the  Army  or  the  status  of  officers  or  enlisted  men  therein,  are 
issued  by  the  Secretary  of  War  through  the  Chief  of  Staff,  and  are  communicated 
to  troops  and  individuals  in  the  military  service  through  The  Military  Secretary  of 
the  Army. 

770.  The  assignment  of  officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps  to  stations  and  duties 
is  made  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Chief  of  Staff. 

771.  In  case  of  absence  or  disability  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  the  senior  officer  of  the 


GENERAL  STAFF  WITH  TEOOPS.  115 

General  Staff  present  for  duty  in  Washington  shall  act  as  such  chief  unless  otherwise 
specially  directed  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

772.  In  the  performance  of  the  duties  hereinbefore  enumerated  and  in  repre- 
sentation of  superior  authority,  the  Chief  of  Staff  calls  for  information,  makes  inves- 
tigations, issues  instructions,  and  exercises  all  other  functions  necessary  to  secure 
proper  harmony  and  efficiency  of  action  upon  the  part  of  those  placed  under  his 
supervision. 

THE  GENERAL  STAFF  SERVING  \VITH  TROOPS. 

773.  The  general  staff  of   a  command  consists  of  general  staff  officers  of  such 
number  and  grades  as  may  be  assigned  to  it  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Chief  of 
Staff. 

774.  The  senior  General  Staff  officer  on  duty  with  a  command  shall,  unless 
otherwise  directed  by  the  War  Department,  be  the  Chief  of  Staff  of  the  command. 
Ordinarily  he  will  be  so  assigned  by  the  War  Department. 

775.  The  duties  of  the  chief  of  staff  of  a  command  are  as  prescribed  for  officers 
of  the  general  staff  corps  in  paragraphs  757  to  760,  and  in  addition  he  will,  under 
direction  of  the  commander  of  the  troops,  perform  all  duties  analogous  to  those 
devolved  by  paragraphs  765  to   772  upon  the  Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Army.      The 
other  general  staff  officers  serving  with  troops  are  employed  under  the  direction- 
of  the  commanders  thereof  upon  the  duties   prescribed  for  officers  of  the  gen- 
eral staff  corps,  and  they  shall  perform  such  other  duties  within  the  scope  of  general 
staff  employment  as  may  be  directed  by  such  commanders.     General  staff  officers 
will  not  be  assigned  to  other  than  general  staff  duties  except  by  special  authority  of 
the  War  Department. 

DETAILS   OF   OFFICERS   TO   THE   GENERAL   STAFF   CORPS. 

776.  All  vacancies  occurring  in  the  General  Staff  Corps,  excepting  in  the  case  of 
the  Chief  of  Staff,  shall  be  filled  on  the  recommendation  of  a  board  of  five  general 
officers  of  the  line,  not  more  than  two  of  whom  shall  be  members  of  the  General 
Staff  Corps,  convened  by  the  War  Department  at  such  times  as  may  be  necessary. 
The  board  shall  be  sworn  to  recommend  officers  solely  on  their  professional  efficiency, 
and  probable  aptitude  and  fitness  for  general  staff  service,  and  shall  select  such 
number  of  officers  and  of  such  grades,  to  fill  existing  or  anticipated  vacancies,  as  the 
War  Department  may  direct. 

ARTICLE  LX. 

THE  MILITARY  SECRETARY'S  DEPARTMENT." 

777.  The  Military  Secretary's  Department  is  the  department  of  records,  orders, 
and  correspondence  of  the  Army  and  the  militia. 

The  Military  Secretary  is  charged,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
and  subject  to  the  supervision  of  the  Chief  of  Staff  in  all  matters  pertaining  to  the 
command,  discipline,  or  administration  of  the  existing  military  establishment,  with 
the  duty  of  recording,  authenticating,  and  communicating  to  troops  and  individuals 
in  the  military  service  all  orders,  instructions,  and  regulations  issued  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  through  the  Chief  of  Staff;  of  preparing  and  distributing  commissions; 
of  compiling  and  issuing  the  Army  Register  and  the  Army  List  and  Directory;  of 
consolidating  the  general  returns  of  the  Army;  of  arranging  and  preserving  the 
reports  of  officers  detailed  to  visit  encampments  of  militia;  of  preparing  the  annual 
returns  of  the  militia  required  by  law  to  be  submitted  to  Congress;  of  managing  the 
recruiting  service,  and  of  recording  and  issuing  orders  from  the  War  Department 
remitting  or  mitigating  sentences  of  general  prisoners  who  have  been  discharged 
from  the  military  service. 

The  Military  Secretary  is  vested  by  law  with  the  charge,  under  the  Secretary  of 


116     MILITARY  SECRETARY'S  DEPARTMENT — CORRESPONDENCE. 

War,  "of  the  military  and  hospital  records  of  the  volunteer  armies  and  the  pension 
and  other  business  of  the  War  Department  connected  therewith;"  and  of  the  publi- 
cation and  distribution  of  the  Official  Records  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion.  He 
also  has  charge  of  the  historical  records  and  business  of  the  permanent  military 
establishment,  including  all  pension,  pay,  bounty,  and  other  business  pertaining  to 
or  based  upon  the  military  or  medical  histories  of  former  officers  or  enlisted  men. 

The  archives  of  the  Military  Secretary's  Office  include:  All  military  records  of  the 
Revolutionary  war;  the  records  of  all  organizations,  officers,  and  enlisted  men  that 
have  been  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  since  the  Revolutionary  war; 
the  records  of  the  movements  and  operations  of  troops;  the  medical  and  hospital 
records  of  the  Army;  all  reports  of  physical  examination  of  recruits  and  all  identifi- 
cation cards;  the  records  of  the  Prpvost-Marshal-General's  Bureau;  the  records  of  the 
Bureau  of  Refugees,  Freedmen,  and  Abandoned  Lands;  the  Confederate  records, 
including  those  pertaining  to  the  legislative,  executive,  and  judicial  branches  of  the 
Confederate  government. 

Upon  the  muster-out  or  discharge  of  volunteers  or  militia  from  the  service  of  the 
United  States  all  the  records  that  pertain  to  them,  and  that  have  not  already  been 
filed  in  the  Military  Secretary's  Office,  will  be  transferred  to  and  filed  in  that  office. 

The  Military  Secretary  takes  such  steps  as  are  necessary  to  complete  or  correct  the 
records  in  his  custody,  and  answers  all  calls  or  inquiries  that  are  answerable  from 
those  records  and  that  do  not  require  administrative  action  by  other  bureaus  of  the 
War  Department. 

ARTICLE  LXI. 

MILITARY  CORRESPONDENCE. 

778.  An  official  letter  should  refer  to  one  subject  only.     Letters  of  transmittal 
will  be  used  only  when  necessary,  and  when  used  must  refer  only  to  the  matter 
transmitted;  none  are  required  with  rolls,  returns,  estimates,  requisitions,  or  period- 
ical reports.     Telegrams  will  be  followed  by  official  copies  sent  by  first  mail. 

779.  A  half  sheet  of  letter  paper  will  be  used  for  a  communication  requiring  but 
a  single  page.     When  more  than  one  page  is  required  additional  sheets  may  be  used, 
numbered  consecutively.     Official  communications  will  be  written  only  upon  one 
side  of  the  paper  used. 

7 SO.  Letter  paper  will  be  folded  in  three  and  foolscap  in  four  equal  folds  parallel 
with  the  writing.  The  inner  or  left  edge  of  the  sheet  is  the  top  when  folded;  the 
left  fold  of  the  outer  page  is  the  first  fold.  The  first  fold  will  be  used  exclusively  for 
a  brief  analysis  of  the  contents  of  the  communication,  the  office  marks,  and  note  of 
inclosures.  A  letter  will  be  properly  briefed  at  the  first  office  at  which  it  is  received 
and  entered. 

781.  The  post-office  address  of  an  officer's  station  will  be  given  in  his  official  let- 
ters.    Indefinite  expressions  of  locality,  which  do  not  indicate  where  the  letter  was 
written,  will  not  be  used. 

782.  Indorsements  commence  at  the  top  of  the  second  fold,  and  are  numbered 
serially  in  order  of  dates  on  the  successive  folds,  leaving  room  after  each  for  office 
marks.     Additional  space  for  indorsements  will  be  provided  by  pasting  slips  of  paper 
on  the  under  side  of  the  last  fold  (right  edge  of  original  paper),  each  slip,    when 
attached,  to  have  the  same  length  and  width  as  the  original  fold,  and  to  turn  back 
upon  the  last  fold  like  the  leaf  of  a  book.     The  first  fold,  on  which  the  brief  is  made, 
is  always  outside.     Printed  labels,  by  way  of  indorsement,  will  not  be  pasted  on  offi- 
cial papers.     In  no  case  will  a  loose  wrapper  be  placed  around  an  official  paper, 
except  as  a  mere  covering. 

783.  All  inclosures  will  be  numbered,  and  will  be  given  the  proper  office  marks. 
Inclosures  to  the  original  communication  are  noted  on  the  face  of  the  letter  to  the 
left  of  the  signature.     If  others  are  added  when  an  indorsement  is  made,  their 


MILITAKY    CORRESPONDENCE.  117 

number  will  be  noted  at  the  foot  of  the  indorsement  to  which  they  pertain  and  also 
on  the  first  fold  of  the  original  communication.  To  the  latter  notation  will  be 
added  the  number  of  the  indorsement  to  which  they  belong,  thus,  "One  inclosure — 
fifth  indorsement."  Inclosures  to  indorsements  are  numbered  in  the  same  series  as 
those  to  the  original  paper,  and  the  number  of  the  indorsement  to  which  they 
belong  is  added  below.  If  few  in  number  and  not  bulky,  inclosures  may  be  kept 
inside  the  original  paper;  otherwise  they  will  be  folded  together  in  a  wrapper 
marked  "inclosures."  Officers  through  whose  hands  official  papers  pass  will  make 
the  inclosures  and  slips  secure  when  they  are  not  so.  (Models  illustrating  the  sys- 
tem are  furnished  from  the  Military  Secretary's  Office.) 

784.  Official  communications  will  be  signed  or  authenticated  with  the  pen  and 
not  by  facsimiles.     Signatures  will  be  plainly  and  legibly  written,  with  the  rank  and 
regiment  or  corps  of  the  writer  annexed;  if  by  order,  stating  by  whose  order.     By  vir- 
tue of  the  commission  and  assignment  to  duty,  the  adjutant-general  or  adjutant  of 
any  command  transacts  the  business  or  correspondence  of  that  command  over  his 
own  signature;  but  when  orders  or  instructions  of  any  kind  are  given,  the  authority 
by  which  he  gives  the  order  must  be  stated.     In  the  absence  of  a  commanding 
general,  his  chief  of  staff,  or  if  there  be  none,  his  adjutant-general,  in  signing  the 
communications  to  be  forwarded  to  higher  authority,  will  add  to  his  signature  the 
words,  "In  the  absence  of  the commander." 

785.  An  officer  will  not  be  designated  in  orders  nor  addressed  in  official  commu- 
nications by  any  other  title  than  that  of  his  actual  rank. 

786.  Private  correspondence  from  persons  in  the  military  service  which  they 
may  desire  to  have  forwarded  through  the  dispatch  agents  of  the  United  States  will 
be  addressed,  under  cover,  to  the  War  Department. 

787.  Official  communications  from  the  Army  at  large,  intended  for  the  War 
Department,  will  be  in  writing  and  addressed  to  The  Military  Secretary,  who,  in 
person  or  in  writing,  will  submit  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  all  business  pertaining  to 
Army  administration  intended  for  the  Secretary  of  War  and  all  business  coming 
clearly  within  the  scope  and  purview  of  the  duties  imposed  by  law  upon  the  General 
Staff  Corps  and  the  Chief  of  Staff,  to  be  acted  upon  by  him  in  conformity  to  the 
regulations  duly  prescribed  for  that  purpose  by  the  President  or  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Correspondence  of  the  War  Department  with  the  Army  will  be  through  or  by  The 
Military  Secretary. 

788.  Communications,  whether  from  a  subordinate  to  a  superior  or  vice  versa,  will 
pass  through  intermediate  commanders.     This  rule  will  not  be  interpreted  as  includ- 
ing matters  in  relation  to  which  intermediate  commanders  can  have  no  knowledge, 
and  over  which  they  are  not  expected  to  exercise  control.     Verbal  communications 
will  be  governed  by  the  same  rules  as  to  channels  as  written   communications. 
Where  necessity  requires  communications  to  be  sent  through  other  than  the  prescribed 
channel,  the  necessity  therefor  will  be  stated. 

Communications  from  superiors  to  subordinates  will  be  answered  through  the  same 
channel  as  received. 

789.  Official  correspondence  between  the  heads  of  the  different  departments  of 
the  staff  of  any  command  and  its  commander  will  pass  through  the  adjutant-general 
or  adjutant  of  the  command.     Communications  to  or  from  a  commander  and  his 
subordinates  will   pass   through  the  same    channel.     Communications,   however, 
between  a  disbursing  officer  and  the  chief  of  the  bureau  in  which  he  is  serving, 
which  do  not  involve  questions  of  administrative  responsibility  within  the  supervi- 
sion of  commanding  officers,  nor  affect  the  official  interests  of  individuals,  but  which 
relate  exclusively  to  the  routine  of  business  in  his  department,  will  pass  direct. 

79  0.  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  788,  all  communications,  reports,  and  esti- 
mates from  officers  serving  at  a  military  post,  and  communications  of  every  nature 
addressed  to  them  relating  to  affairs  of  the  post,  will  pass  through  the  post  commander. 


118  MILITARY    CORRESPONDENCE ORDERS. 

.791.  Officers  who  forward  communications  will  indorse  thereon  their  approval 
or  disapproval,  with  remarks.  No  communication  will  be  forwarded  to  the  War 
Department  by  a  department  commander  or  other  superior  officer  for  the  action  of 
the  Secretary  of  War  without  some  recommendation  or  expression  of  opinion. 

792.  A  commander  or  chief  of  bureau  may  communicate  with  those  under  his 
command  or  direction  through  a  staff  or  other  suitable  officer.     With  all  others  he 
will  himself  make  the  communication. 

793.  Unless  otherwise  expressly  authorized  by  statute,  an  application  for  the 
official  opinion  of  the  Judge-Advocate-General  or  of  an  officer  of  any  executive 
department  of  the  Government  other  than  the  War  Department  will  be  addressed 
to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army.     Abstract  questions  will  not  be  presented. 

794.  Unimportant  and  trivial  communications  need  not  be  forwarded  to  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  simply  because  addressed  to  him.-    Division  and 
department  commanders  should  decide  whether  a  communication  is  of  sufficient 
importance  to  be  forwarded. 

795.  In  official  correspondence  between  officers  or  between  officers  and  officials 
of  other  branches  of  the  public  service,  and  especially  in  matters  involving  questions 
of  jurisdiction,  conflict  of  authority,  or  dispute,  officers  of  the  Army  are  reminded 
that  their  correspondence  should  be  courteous  in  tone  and  free  from  any  expression 
partaking  of  a  personal  nature  or  calculated  to  give  offense.     Whenever  questions  of 
such  character  shall  arise  between  officers  and  officials  of  other  branches  of  the  public 
service  and  it  is  found  that  they  can  not  be  reconciled  by  an  interchange  of  courteous 
correspondence,  the  officer  of  the  Army,  as  the  representative  of  the  interests  of  the 
War  Department  in  the  matter  involved,  will  make  a  full  presentation  of  the  case  to 
the  Secretary  of  War,  through  the  proper  military  channels,  in  order  that  the  same 
may  be  properly  considered. 

ARTICLE  LXII. 

ORDERS. 

796.  The  orders  of  commanders  of  armies,  corps,  divisions,  brigades,  regiments, 
battalions  not  organized  into  regiments,  posts,  territorial  divisions,  departments,  and 
districts  are  denominated  "general  (or  special)  orders"  of  such  army,  corps,  etc., 
according  to  character.     General  and  special  orders  are  numbered  in  separate  series, 
each  beginning  w.ith  the  calendar  year  or  at  the  time  of  the  establishment  of  the 
headquarters.     Orders  issued  by  commanders  of  battalions,  forming  parts  of  regi- 
ments, companies,  or  small  detachments  are  simply  denominated  "orders,"  and  are 
numbered  in  a  single  series,  beginning  with  the  year.     Circulars  issued  from  any 
headquarters  are  numbered  in  a  separate  series. 

797.  General  orders  publish  matters  of  importance  to  the  whole  command  which 
are  of  permanent  interest  or  are  to  be  constantly  observed,  such  as  hours  for  roll  calls 
and  duties,  police  regulations  and  prohibitions,  laws  and  regulations  for  the  Army, 
eulogies  or  censures,  and  the  results  of  trial  by  courts-martial  in  all  cases  of  officers 
or  of  enlisted  men  involving  matters  of  general  interest  or  importance. 

798.  Special  orders  are  such  as  concern  individuals  or  relate  to  matters  that  need 
not  be  made  known  to  the  whole  command. 

799.  General  orders  and  all  important  special  orders  must  be  read  and  approved, 
before  issue,  by  the  officer  whose  orders  they  are. 

800.  An  order  will  state  the  source  from  which  it  emanates,  its  number,  date, 
place  of  issue,  and  the  authority  under  which  issued.     It  may  be  put  in  the  form  of 
a  letter  addressed  to  the  individual  concerned  through  the  proper  channel. 

801.  Orders  for  any  body  of  troops  will  ordinarily  be  addressed  to  its  command- 
ing officer,  the  address  naming  the  office  and  not  the  individual.     They  will  be 
executed  by  the  commander  present,  who  will  publish  them  and  distribute  copies 
when  necessary. 


ORDERS.  119 

802.  Orders  eulogizing  the  conduct  of  living  officers  will  not  be  issued  except  in 
cases  of  gallantry  in  action  or  performance  of  especially  hazardous  service. 

803.  In  the  field,  verbal  and  important  written  orders  are  carried  by  officers. 
Dispatches  for  distant  corps  should  be  intrusted  only  to  officers  to  whom  their 
contents  may  be  confided. 

§O4.  Mounted  enlisted  men  will  be  employed  to  carry  important  dispatches  only 
in  special  and  urgent  cases.  The  precise  hours  of  departure  and  the  rates  at  which 
they  are  to  be  conveyed  will  be  written  clearly  on  the  covers  of  all  dispatches  trans- 
mitted by  mounted  orderlies. 

§O5.  Orders  to  an  officer  involving  travel  on  duty,  as  for  the  inspection  or  pay- 
ment of  troops,  etc.,  will  designate  the  troops  and  posts  to  be  visited  and  the  order 
in  which  he  will  visit  them. 

§O6.  Orders  and  instructions  will  be  transmitted  through  intermediate  command- 
ers, in  order  of  rank,  except  when  they  are  of  such  character  that  the  commanders 
have  no  power  to  modify  or  suspend  them.  In  such  cases  the  orders  or  instructions 
will  be  sent  direct  to  the  officer  by  whom  they  are  to  be  executed,  copies  being  fur- 
nished to  the  intermediate  commanders. 

8O7.  Printed  orders  are  generally  distributed  direct  to  posts  by  the  headquarters 
from  which  issued.  Files  of  such  orders  will  be  kept  by  each  regiment  and  com- 
pany, and  at  each  military  post,  and  will  be  turned  over  by  a  commander,  when 
relieved,  to  his  successor.  If  general  orders  in  regular  succession  are  not  received 
within  a  reasonable  time,  commanding  officers  will  report  missing  numbers  to  the 
proper  headquarters. 

§08.  In  the  distribution  of  general  orders  and  circulars  from  the  office  of  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  division  and  department  commanders  are  furnished 
such  number  of  copies  as  they  may  deem  necessary  to  supply  all  the  officers  on  duty 
at  their  headquarters  and  a  surplus  number  to  meet  special  demands. 

Commanding  officers  of  posts  are  furnished  one  copy  of  each  general  order  or 
circular  for  personal  file,  one  for  post  file,  four  for  each  troop  of  cavalry,  company 
of  infantry,  and  coast  artillery,  five  for  each  battery  of  field  artillery  (one  for  the 
personal  file  of  each  officer  and  the  other  for  the  company  file),  and  fifteen  copies 
for  regimental  field  officers  and  the  post  staff. 

Commanding  officers  of  regiments  serving  at  military  posts  are  furnished  five  copies 
for  the  regimental  files  in  addition  to  the  number  furnished  them  as  post  com- 
manders. When  a  regiment  is  serving  in  the  field  seventy  copies  are  furnished 
regimental  headquarters,  one  copy  each  for  battalion  commanders  and  battalion 
adjutants,  four  copies  for  companies,  and  remaining  number  for  colonel,  staff,  and 
surplus. 

Officers  of  the  staff  departments  not  serving  with  troops  are  furnished  copies 
through  the  chiefs  of  their  respective  departments. 

Special  Orders. — Such  number  of  full  copies  of  special  orders  are  furnished  to  the 
headquarters  of  each  division  and  department  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  offices  of 
the  commanding  general  and  staff  officers. 

Extracts  of  special  orders  are  furnished  to  all  concerned  only,  either  direct  or 
through  the  immediate  commander. 

809.  In  camp  or  garrison,  orders  that  affect  a  command  will,  as  a  rule,  be  read  to 
the  troops  at  the  first  regular  parade  after  they  are  received.     In  the  field,  when 
orderly  hours  can  not  be  observed,  they  will  be  sent  direct  to  the  troops,  or  com- 
manders of  regiments  or  corps  will  be  informed  when  to  send  to  headquarters  for 
them,  or  during  a  halt  orders  will  be  read  to  troops,  without  waiting  for  the  regular 
parades. 

810.  Commanding  generals  of  territorial  divisions  and  departments  will  forward 
to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  as  soon  as  issued  from  their  headquarters, 
such  number  of  copies  of  general  orders  and  circulars  and  special  orders,  with  indexes 


120  OKDERS MUSTEK    BOLLS RETURNS. 

thereto,  and  rosters  of  troops  as  may  be  directed  from  time  to  time  by  the  War 
Department. 

Commanding  officers  of  military  districts  and  of  separate  brigades  will  forward  to 
The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  two  copies  of  all  orders  and  circulars  as  soon 
as  issued  from  their  headquarters. 

811.  The  date  of  any  appointment,  detail,  or  removal  affecting  the  pay  ot  statt 
officers  or  acting  staff  officers  will  be  immediately  reported  by  the  officer  making 
the  same  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  and  to  the  paymaster  of  the 
department  or  command  to  which  such  officers  belong. 

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ARTICLE  LXIII. 
MUSTER  ROLLS. 

§12.  At  every  muster  of  troops  pay  rolls  will  be  prepared,  signed,  and  disposed 
of  in  accordance  with  the  directions  on  the  blank  forms  furnished  by  the  Paymaster- 
General  of  the  Army,  and  at  each  bimonthly  muster  on  the  last  day  of  February, 
April,  June,  August,  October,  and  December  muster  rolls  will  be  prepared,  signed, 
and  disposed  of  in  accordance  with  the  directions  on  the  blank  forms  furnished  by 
The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 

There  will  be  reported  on  the  field  staff  and  band  roll  the  regimental  field  officers, 
the  chaplain,  regimental  and  battalion  staff  (commissioned  and  noncommissioned), 
and  band;  on  the  post  artillery  corps  rolls,  the  noncommissioned  staff  (artillery 
corps  bands  on  separate  rolls) ;  on  the  company  rolls,  the  officers  and  enlisted  men 
belonging  to  the  company;  on  the  hospital  rolls,  the  medical  officers,  the  hospital 
corps,  and  the  authorized  matrons;  on  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  rolls,  the 
post  noncommissioned  staff.  The  last-named  rolls  will  be  prepared  and  signed  by 
the  adjutant,  who  will  also  keep  the  accounts  and  prepare  the  final  statements  of 
the  men  borne  thereon. 

SI 3.  A  soldier  on  duty  or  in  hospital  at  a  post  or  station  where  his  company  is 
not  mustered  will  be  mustered  on  a  detachment  roll,  a  separate  roll  being  prepared 
for  each  regiment  or  corps. 

§14.  Companies  will  be  designated  on  the  rolls  by  letters  or  numbers,  and  regi- 
ments or  corps. 

§15.  Corrections  on  muster  and  pay  rolls,  after  muster  and  before  they  have  been 
forwarded,  will  not  be  made  except  with  the  approval  of  the  mustering  officer. 
Retained  rolls  will  not  be  changed  without  authority  from  the  War  Department. 
Calculations  on  the  pay  roll  are  made  by  the  paymaster  and  copied  on  the  retained 
roll  by  the  company  or  detachment  commander,  who  will  certify  that  he  witnessed 
the  payment,  and  will  enter  thereon  the  name  of  the  paymaster. 

ARTICLE  LXIV. 

RETURNS  OF  TROOPS;  RECORDS. 

§16.  Commanders  of  territorial  divisions  will  make  to  The  Military  Secretary 
of  the  Army  monthly  returns  of  officers  and  men  under  their  immediate  command 
and  not  subject  to  control  of  department  commanders. 

§17.  Commanders  of  territorial  departments,  posts,  army  corps,  tactical  divi- 
sions, brigades,  regiments,  companies,  and  detachments  will  make  monthly  returns 
of  their  respective  commands  on  forms  furnished  by  The  Military  Secretary  of  the 
Army  and  in  accordance  with  directions  printed  thereon.  Chiefs  of  staff  corps  and 
departments  will  make  similar  monthly  returns  of  their  corps  and  departments. 

§1§.  In  addition  to  the  monthly  returns  required  by  paragraph  817,  commanding 
officers  of  regiments,  companies,  and  detachments  will  make  similar  returns  of  their 
commands  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  and  to  their  immediate  command- 


RETURNS REPORTS RECORDS.  121 

ing  officer  whenever  they  leave  or  join  a  station,  or  when  they  sail  from  a  port  of 
embarkation  or  arrive  at  a  port  of  destination. 

The  commanding  officer  of  troops  on  a  transport  will,  before  sailing  and  on  reach- 
ing port  of  destination,  make  a  special  return  to  the  department  commander  and  to 
The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  of  all  casuals  and  unattached  officers  and  enlisted 
men,  passengers  on  the  ship. 

819.  When  a  field  officer  is  serving  with  detached  companies  of  his  regiment  or 
corps  the  commanders  thereof  will  forward  their  returns  through  him. 

§2O.  Whenever  the  strength  of  a  separate  command  is  temporarily  or  permanently 
increased  or  diminished  by  the  moving  of  any  organization,  the  commanding  officer 
will  immediately  inform  the  next  higher  commander,  designating  the  organization 
moved,  number  and  names  of  officers,  and  strength  in  men,  animals,  and  arms. 

BATTLE   REPORTS,    RETURNS    OF   EFFECTIVES,    CASUALTIES,  ETC. 

§21.  In  campaign  two  columns  will  be  added  to  the  monthly  return  in  the  space 
reserved  for  remarks,  in  which  shall  be  entered  the  effective  strength  of  the  organi- 
zation. In  determining  such  strength  only  those  who  are  available  for  service  in  the 
line  of  battle  will  be  included.  Officers  or  enlisted  men  who  are  sick  or  disabled, 
on  duty  in  any  of  the  staff  or  supply  departments,  or  for  any  cause  not  available  in 
line  of  battle  will  be  excluded. 

§22.  After  every  battle  or  engagement  with  the  enemy,  written  reports  thereof 
will  be  made  by  commanders  of  regiments,  separate  battalions  or  squadrons,  compa- 
nies or  detachments,  and  by  all  commanders  of  a  higher  grade,  each  in  what  concerns 
his  own  command,  which  reports  will  be  forwarded,  through  the  proper  channel,  to 
The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army.  It  shall  be  the  especial  duty  of  all  General 
Staff  officers  attached  to  commands  in  the  field  to  keep  careful  journals  of  the 
operations,  frorn  which  they  will  compile  reports  of  said  operations  for  their 
immediate  commanders. 

§23.  Whenever  upon  marches,  guards,  or  in  quarters  different  corps  of  the  Army 
happen  to  join  or  do  duty  together,  and  an  officer  of  the  Marine  Corps  or  the  militia 
shall  command  the  whole,  such  officer  shall  report  his  action  and  the  operations  of 
the  force  under  his  command,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Secretary  of  War, 
as  well  as  to  his  superiors  in  his  own  branch  of  the  service. 

§24.  As  soon  as  possible  after  every  action,  the  surgeon  on  duty  with  a  regiment 
or  detachment  participating  will  forward,  through  military  channels,  to  the  chief 
surgeon,  a  list  in  duplicate  of  wounded.  The  chief  surgeon  will  immediately  forward 
one  copy  to  the  Surgeon-General  and  retain  the  other  to  accompany  his  report  to  the 
commanding  general. 

§25.  After  any  action  or  affair  resulting  in  casualties,  a  return  in  triplicate  of 
killed,  wounded,  and  missing  will  be  made,  containing  the  name,  rank,  and  regiment 
of  each  person,  with  such  remarks  and  explanations  as  may  be  necessary  to  a  full 
understanding  of  any  claims  of  the  wounded  soldiers  or  of  representatives  of  the 
deceased.  The  nature  of  the  wound,  the  time  when  and  place  where  received,  the 
company,  regiment,  or  corps  to  which  the  person  belongs,  and  the  name  of  his  cap- 
tain, colonel,  or  other  commanding  officer  will  be  carefully  entered.  One  copy  of 
this  return  will  be  retained,  one  forwarded  direct,  and  the  third  through  military 
channels  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 

§26.  A  return  of  all  captured  property  will  be  rendered  to  The  Military  Secretary 
of  the  Army,  through  intermediate  channels,  by  the  immediate  commander  of  the 
troops  making  the  capture. 

RECORDS. 

§27.  All  military  records  must  be  carefully  preserved. 

§2§.  All  public  records  and  papers,  such  as  letters  and  telegrams  received,  books 
of  general  and  special  orders  and  circulars,  books  of  letters  received  and  sent,  guard 


122  RECORDS PERSONAL  REPORTS. 

reports,  morning  reports,  descriptive  and  clothing  books,  sick  reports,  etc.,  are  the 
property  of  the  United  States,  and  will  be  required  by  the  War  Department  in  the 
settlement  of  claims  against  the  Government,  and  for  other  official  purposes.  When- 
ever posts,  districts,  territorial  divisions,  departments,  corps,  divisions,  brigades, 
regiments,  and  companies  are  discontinued  all  such  records  will  be  carefully  labeled, 
packed  and  marked,  showing  the  command  to  which  they  pertain,  and  forwarded 
to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army.  Records  of  discontinued  depots  of  the  staff 
departments  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  chief  of  the  staff  department  to  which 
they  pertain. 

829.  The  use  of  colored  inks,  except  as  carmine  or  red  ink  is  used  in  annotation 
and  ruling,  is  prohibited  in  the  records  and  correspondence  of  the  Army. 

830.  Sections  5403  and  5408,  Revised  Statutes,  prescribe  penalties  for  the  fraudu- 
lent or  wrongful  destruction,  withdrawal,  or  removal  from  any  public  office  of  any 
public  record,  paper,  or  document  therein  deposited. 

§31.  No  information  will  be  furnished  by  any  person  in  the  military  service 
which  can  be  made  the  basis  of  a  claim  against  the  Government,  except  it  be  given 
as  the  regulations  prescribe  to  the  proper  officers  of  the  War,  Treasury,  or  Interior 
Departments,  or  the  Department  of  Justice.  Information  concerning  sick  and 
wounded  officers  and  enlisted  men  may  be  freely  conveyed  to  allay  the  anxiety  of 
friends.  The  fact  of  death  may  be  communicated  to  relatives,  but  not  circumstances 
connected  therewith  which  could  be  made  use  of  in  prosecuting  claims  against  the 
Government.  If  any  person  in  the  military  service  has  knowledge  of  facts  pertain- 
ing to  the  service  of  an  individual  who  is  an  applicant  for  a  pension  he  may,  upon 
request,  if  not  pecuniarily  interested,  furnish  a  certificate  or  affidavit  setting  forth 
his  knowledge;  but  record  evidence  will  be  furnished  by  the  War  Department  only. 

ARTICLE  LXV. 

PERSONAL  AND  EFFICIENCY  REPORTS. 

832.  When  any  officer  arrives  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  or  at  the  headquarters  of  a 
territorial  division  or  department,  he  will  report  at  the  office  of  The  Military  Sec- 
retary or  Adjutant-General,  and  will  there  record  his  name,  residence  in  the  city, 
and  the  authority  by  which  he  is  absent  from  his  station. 

833.  All  general  officers  not  reported  on  division,  department,  or  other  returns 
will  make  a  monthly  report  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  of  their  station, 
duties,  etc.,  and  the  names  of  all  aids-de-camp  attached  to  their  staffs. 

834.  All  officers  absent  from  their  regiments,  corps,  or  commands  will  at  the  end 
of  each  month  make  report  by  letter  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  and  to 
the  headquarters  of  their  regiment,  corps,  or  command,  giving  their  address;  if  on 
duty,  the  date  of  commencement  of  same,  nature  thereof  and  by  what  authority,  and 
if  not  on  duty,  date  of  commencement  of  and  authority  for  absence;  and  any  officer 
so  absent  who  may  incur  any  sickness  or  injury  will  include  in  his  report  for  the 
month  in  which  it  occurred  a  statement  of  the  fact,  giving  the  nature  and  cause  of 
such  sickness  or  injury. 

835.  An  officer  detached  from  his  regiment  or  corps  for  duty  will  immediately 
report  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  and  to  his  regimental  commander  or 
the  chief  of  his  corps  the  time  of  departure  from  former  station,  of  arrival  at  new 
station  with  a  reference  to  the  authority  for  the  change,  and  his  post-office  address. 
As  soon  as  practicable  he  will  in  like  manner  report  the  nature  of  his  duties. 

836.  An  officer  of  a  staff  corps  or  department,  or  an  officer  serving  therein  by 
detail,  will  report  to  the  head  of  the  corps  or  department  on  the  last  day  of  every 
month,  giving  a  statement  of  the  duties  on  which  he  has  been  employed  during  the 
month.     Every  officer  on  the  retired  list  will,  unless  specially  exempted,  report  his 
address  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  on  the  last  day  of  every  month  and 
will  also  report  promptly  each  change  of  address. 


PERSONAL  AND  EFFICtENCY  REPORTS.          123 

83 70  Regimental  field  officers  not  serving  at  the  headquarters  of  their  regiments 
will  make  monthly  reports  to  their  regimental  commanders.  These  reports  will 
embrace  everything  essential  to  a  correct  record  of  their  services  and  of  the  services 
of  the  battalion  staff  and  noncommissioned  staff  officers  serving  under  them. 

838.  Efficiency  reports  will  be  made  on  June  30  of  each  year  and  forwarded  to 
the  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  through  intermediate  commanders,  who  will 
indorse  thereon  such  remarks  as  may  be  proper  in  each  case: 

1 .  By  the  commanding  officer  of  each  territorial  division  or  department  respecting 
•each  officer  of  his  staff,  and  by  each  department  commander  respecting  each  post 
•commander  not  reported  on  by  a  subordinate  commander. 

2.  By  the  chief  of  each  staff  department  or  corps  and  each  staff  bureau  respect- 
ing each  officer  of  his  department,  corps,  or  bureau  not  otherwise  reported  on. 

3.  By  the  head  of  each  staff  department  or  corps  at  the  headquarters  of  a  territo- 
rial division  or  department  respecting  each  officer  attached  to  his  office  or  serving 
under  his  immediate  direction. 

4.  By  each  officer  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  serving  as  division  engineer  respect- 
ing each  officer  in  charge  of  an  engineering  district  within  his  division;  and  by  each 
district  officer  respecting  each  officer  on  duty  under  his  orders. 

5.  By  each  artillery  district  commander  respecting  each  post  commander  in  his 
-district  who  is  an  officer  of  the  Artillery  Corps,  and  each  artillery  district  staff 
officer. 

6.  By  each  post  commander  respecting  every  officer  of  his  command  not  other- 
wise reported  on. 

7.  By  each  company  commander  respecting  each  subaltern  officer  on  duty  with 
the  company. 

8.  By  the  regimental  commander  respecting  each  field  and  staff  officer  and  each 
company  commander  of  the  regiment  serving  at  regimental  headquarters. 

9.  By  the  superintendent  of  the  Military  Academy  and  the  commandant  of  each 
service  school  respecting  each  officer  serving  under  them,  except  that  at  the  School 
of  Application  for  Cavalry  and  Field  Artillery  officers  on  duty  at  the  cavalry  and 
artillery  subposts  will  be  reported  on  by  subpost  commanders. 

10.  By  each  commanding  officer  of  an  arsenal,  armory,  or  depot  respecting  each 
officer  on  duty  thereat. 

11.  By  each  recruiting  officer  on  duty  at  regular  recruiting  stations  respecting  each 
officer  serving  under  his  supervision. 

12.  By  the  commanding  general,  Division  of  the  Philippines,  respecting  officers 
on  duty  with  the  various  branches  of  the  civil  government  in  the  Philippine  Islands. 

839.  Each  officer  who  makes  the  annual  inspection  of  the  military  department 
of  any  civil  institution  of  learning  will,  immediately  after  the  inspection,  forward  to 
The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  an  efficiency  report  respecting  each  Army  officer 
on  duty  at  the  institution. 

840.  The  Inspector-General  will  forward  to  the  Secretary  of  War  extracts  of  all 
inspection  reports  containing  specially  favorable  or  unfavorable  mention  of  any  offi- 
cer.    Extracts  respecting  officers  of  the  line  and  chaplains  will  be  sent  through  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  and  those  respecting  officers  of  the  staff  corps  or 
departments  through  the  respective  chiefs  of  bureaus.     Copies  of  unfavorable  reports 
will  be  sent  by  chiefs  of  bureaus  to  officers  reported  upon,  for  their  remarks,  and 
these,  when  received,  will  be  filed  with  the  original  extracts. 

841.  In  preparing  efficiency  reports,  reporting  officers  will  exercise  the  greatest 
care  to  set  forth  all  facts  concerning  each  officer  and  his  record  which  may  aid  the 
Department  in  forming  a  true  estimate  of  standing,  ability,  and  special  fitness  for 
any  military  duties. 

842.  Chiefs  of  staff  corps  and  departments  will  note  the  correctness  of  the  reports 
received  and  will  add  any  data  known  to  them  which  will  contribute  to  the  com- 


124          PENALTY    ENVELOPES THE    RECRUITING    SERVICE. 

pleteness  of  the  record  in  each  case.  All  efficiency  reports  will  be  transmitted  to 
the  Secretary  of  War  as  soon  as  practicable  after  their  receipt,  verification,  and 
completion. 

ARTICLE  LXVI. 

PENALTY  ENVELOPES. 

843.  Official  communications,  and  other  mailable  matter  relating  exclusively  to 
the  public  business,  will  be  transmitted  through  the  mails  free  of  postage,  if  covered 
by  the  "  Penalty  envelope."     Where  an  officer  writes  to  a  private  party  on  official 
business  he  may  inclose  with  his  letter  an  official  penalty  envelope,  properly 
addressed  to  himself,  to  cover  the  reply. 

844.  Information  which  is  intended  to  be  used  in  the  performance  of  official  duty 
only  is  official  information,  .while  that  which  is  intended  to  be  used  for  the  further- 
ance of  private  interest,  ends,  or  business  in  any  way  whatever,  though  called  for  by 
a  public  officer,  is  private  information.     The  official  envelope  may  be  used  to  give 
or  obtain  the  former,  but  not  the  latter. 

845.  Envelopes  for  official  mail  matter  for  the  War  Department  will  have  "  War 
Department,"  the  designation  of  bureau  or  office,  and  "Official  Business,"  printed 
in  three  or  four  lines,  as  may  be  required,  in  the  upper  left  corner,  and  in  the  upper 
right  corner  the  following:  "  Penalty  for  private  use,  $300."     Envelopes  for  the  use 
of  the  headquarters  of  a  territorial  division  or  department,  for  a  post,  station, 
armory,  arsenal,  depot,  or  school  of  instruction,  will  be  of  the  same  form,  with  the 
proper  substitution  for  the  designation  of  the  bureau  or  office,  and  with  the  address 
when  necessary.     Envelopes  required  for  the  transmission  of  printed  matter  may 
also  have  printed  thereon  "Printed  matter."     Other .  printing  or  ruling  on  such 
envelopes  at  public  expense  is  prohibited  unless  printed  at  the  Government  Print- 
ing office.     For  the  official  business  of  officers  not  embraced  in  the  foregoing  classes, 
and  officers  on  the  retired  list,  the  heading  "War  Department,"  "Official  Business," 
will  be  placed  across  the  left  end  of  the  envelope,  with  the  officer's  official  signature 
written  immediately  below  it,  and  with  the  penalty  clause  in  the  upper  right  corner. 

846.  Packages  of  public  property  weighing  not  more  than  four  pounds  may  be  sent 
through  the  mails  under  cover  of  the  penalty  envelope.     Penalty  envelopes  with 
return  address  may  be  furnished  to  any  person  from  whom  official  information  is 
desired,  or  for  the  return  of  official  vouchers,  but  will  not  be  furnished  to  merchants 
or  other  dealers  to  cover  the  transmission  of  public  property. 

847.  The  use  of  freight  or  express  lines  for  transmitting  official  letters  or  packages 
that  can  be  sent  by  mail  is  forbidden. 

848.  The  penalty  envelope  will  not  be  used  for  foreign  correspondence. 

ARTICLE  LXVII. 

THE  RECRUITING  SERVICE. 

849.  Recruiting  for  the  Army  will  be  conducted  by — 

1.  An  officer  of  each  regiment,  post  or  detachment,  detailed  by  the  commanding 
officer  thereof  to  enlist  for  the  regiment,  post  or  detachment,  or,  when  authorized  by 
the  department  commander,  for  any  troops  in  the  department,  or,  when  authorized 
by  the  War  Department,  for  any  organization  in  the  Army. 

2.  An  officer  detached  from  any  organization  by  its  commander,  with  the  approval 
of  the  War  Department,  to  make  enlistments  for  that  organization  and,  when 
authorized  by  the  War  Deparment,  for  any  organization  in  the  Army. 

3.  Officers  detailed  on  recruiting  service  by  the  War  Department.     The  regular 
details  will  be  ordinarily  for  two  years. 


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DEPOTS   AND    STATIONS. 

8  5O.  Recruiting  stations  are  the  places  where  recruits  are  enlisted.     Recruit  depots 
are  the  designated  posts  at  which  general  service  recruits  are  collected  for  distribution. 

851.  Recruits  at  each  depot  will  constitute  a  recruit  detachment  to  be  instructed 
by  officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  garrison  detailed  by  the  commanding 
officer  or  by  others  detailed  for  this  purpose.     The  immediate  command  of  the 
detachment  will  be  vested  in  the  senior  officer  on  duty  with  it.     In  all  matters  of 
police  and  discipline  these  recruits  are  under  the  command  of  the  post  and  depart- 
ment commanders,  but  in  all  other  matters,  including  discharges  for  disability,  they 
are  directly  under  the  orders  of  the  War  Department.     Each  officer  in  command  of 
a  recruit  detachment  will  forward,  through  the  post  commander,  direct  to  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  trimonthly  reports  of  the  strength  of  the  detachment. 

852.  The  recruiting  officer  in  charge  of  each  city  station  of  the  recruiting  service, 
having  first  satisfied  himself  of  the  soldiers'  fitness  for  the  positions,  will  announce 
in  orders  from  his  station,  and  muster  from  the  date  of  such  announcement,  one 
member  of  his  recruiting  party  as  sergeant  and  one  as  corporal  "  of  the  arm  of  the 
service  to  which  they  respectively  belong."     Such  orders  will  be  entered  in  the 
records  of  the  recruiting  station  and  a  copy  of  each  order  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
Military  Secretary's  Office  (Recruiting  Division);  a  copy  will  also  be  furnished  to 
each  soldier  concerned. 

853.  Members  of  recruiting  parties  will  be  regarded  as  belonging  to  the  arm  of 
the  service  for  which  they  last  enlisted  or  from  which  they  were  transferred  to  the 
general  recruiting  service.     Any  member  of  a  party  who  may  have  been  enlisted  for 
the  general  service  without  choice  or  designation  of  a  particular  arm  of  the  service 
will  be  mustered  as  an  infantry  soldier  if  enlisted  for  the  foot  service  or  as  a  cavalry 
soldier  if  enlisted  for  the  mounted  service. 

854.  Members  of  recruiting  parties  announced  and  mustered  as  sergeants  or  cor- 
porals will  not  be  reduced  while  performing  such  duty  without  the  approval  of  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army.     Their  appointments  as  sergeants  or  corporals  will, 
however,  terminate  whenever  they  are  relieved  from  recruiting  duty,  or  when  the 
stations  at  which  they  are  serving  are  discontinued,  unless  they  shall  be  assigned  to 
other  recruiting  stations  at  which  there  are  vacancies  in  their  respective  grades. 
The  recruiting  officer  will  in  every  case  announce  in  orders  the  date  of  the  termina- 
tion of  an  appointment  as  sergeant  or  corporal  and  furnish  copies  of  each  order,  as 
indicated  in  paragraph  852. 

855.  All  transfers  of  enlisted  men  to  the  recruiting  service  for  duty  on  recruiting 
parties  will  be  as  privates,  the  question  of  their  promotion  as  sergeants  or  corporals 
being  for  determination  after  their  fitness  and  capacity  shall  have  been  demonstrated. 
Individual  applications  for  such  transfers  will  be  forwarded,  whenever  practicable, 
through  the  proper  commanding  officers,  who  will  indorse  thereon  their  recommen- 
dations, based  upon  service  and  merit,  and  also  a  statement  of  the  soldier's  fitness  for 
recruiting  duty,  especially  as  regards  clerical  ability  and  knowledge  of  army  papers. 
The  transfers  will  be  made  from  time  to  time,  as  the  interests  of  the  service  require, 
in  orders  from  the  War  Department. 

ENLISTMENTS. 

856.  Any  male  citizen  of  the  United  States  or  person  who  has  legally  declared 
his  intention  to  become  a  citizen,  if  above  the  age  of  twenty-one  and  under  the  age 
of  thirty-five  years,  able-bodied,  free  from  disease,  of  good  character  and  temperate 
habits,  may  be  enlisted  under  the  restrictions  contained  in  this  article.     In  regard  to 
age  or  citizenship  this  regulation  shall  not  apply  to  soldiers  who  have  served  honestly 
and  faithfully  a  previous  enlistment  in  the  Army. 

857.  Applicants  for  original  enlistment  and  men  who  apply  to  reenter  the  Army 
after  an  interval  of  more  than  three  months  from  date  of  discharge  will  be  required 


126  ENLISTMENTS. 

to  furnish  evidence  of  good  character.  To  determine  an  applicant's  fitness  and  apti- 
tude for  the  service  and  to  give  him  an  opportunity  to  secure  testimonials  of  charac- 
ter, he  may,  after  having  signed  the  declaration  of  intention  to  enlist  and  passed  the 
required  examination,  be  retained  and  provided  for  not  to  exceed  six  days.  Men  so 
retained  will  be  known  as  "recruits  on  probation."  The  enlistment  paper  of  any 
such  recruit  who  may  be  unfit  or  undesirable  for  the  service,  or  who  may  not  desire 
to  remain  in  the  service,  will  not  be  completed.  The  enlistment  papers  of  recruits 
who  are  accepted  and  duly  sworn  will  bear  the  date  on  which  the  enlistment  is  com- 
pleted by  administering  the  oath. 

858.  The  enlistment  of  persons  of  any  of  the  following  classes  is  prohibited: 
Former  soldiers  whose  service  during  last  term  of  enlistment  was  not  honest  and 
faithful,  insane  or  intoxicated  persons,  deserters  from  the  military  or  naval  service 
of  the  United  States,  persons  who  have  been  convicted  of  felony  or  who  have  been 
imprisoned  under  sentence  of  a  court  in  a  reformatory,  jail,  or  penitentiary;  also  for 
original  enlistment,  persons  under  eighteen  or  over  thirty -five  years  of  age,  and  for 
first  enlistment  in  time  of  peace  any  person  (except  an  Indian)  who  is  not  a  citizen 
of  the  United  States  or  Porto  Rico,  or  who  has  not  made  legal  declaration  of  his 
intention  to  become  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  or  who  can  not  speak,  read,  and 
write  the  English  language. 

859.  Recruiting  officers  will  be  very  particular  to  ascertain  the  true  age  of  the 
recruit.     If  any  doubt  exist  as  to  the  applicant's  statement  regarding  his  age,  his  oath 
will  not  be  taken  as  conclusive  evidence  of  the  fact,  and  if  he  can  not  furnish  com- 
petent proof  to  support  his  statement  he  will  be  rejected.     Minors  between  the  ages 
of  eighteen  and  twenty-one  years  may  be  enlisted  with  the  written  consent  of  father, 
only  surviving  parent,  or  legally  appointed  guardian.     When  a  minor  presents  him- 
self for  enlistment  under  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph,  his  parents  or  guardian, 
should  he '  have  any,  will  be  found  and  informed  of  the  application;  should  he 
be  without  parents  or  guardian,  the  recruiting  officer  must  reject  him  unless  the 
applicant  shall  procure  the  legal  appointment  of  a  guardian  and  obtain  his  written 
consent. 

860.  Recruiting  officers  will  be  held  to  a  rigid  accountability  for  the  enlistment 
of  men  who  may  be  found  unfitted  for  the  service.     If  a  recruit,  after  having  been 
enlisted,  be  rejected,  or  discharged  as  a  minor,  and  it  appear  that  the  enlistment  was 
carelessly  made  or  in  violation  of  these  regulations,  the  expenses  incurred  in  conse- 
quence of  the  enlistment  may  be  stopped  against  the  pay  of  the  officer  responsible. 

861.  The  enlistment  or  reenlistment  of  married  men  for  the  line  of  the  Army  is 
to  be  discouraged,  and  will  be  permitted  only  for  some  good  reason  in  the  public 
interest,  the  efficiency  of  the  service  to  be  the  first  consideration.     Applications  for 
such  enlistments  or  reenlistments  will  be  finally  determined  by  the  regimental  com- 
mander, or  other  proper  commanding  officer  if  there  be  no  regimental  organization. 

862.  After  the  nature  of  the  service  and  terms  of  enlistment  have  been  fully 
explained  to  the  applicant,  and  before  the  enlistment  blanks  are  filled,  the  officer 
will  read  to  him  and  offer  for  his  signature  the  following  declaration  which  will  be 
contained  in  the  enlistment  paper: 

I, ,  desiring  to  enlist  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  for  the  term  of  three  years,  do 

declare  that  I  have  neither  wife  nor  child;  that  I  am  of  the  legal  age  to  enlist,  and  believe  myself  to 
be  physically  qualified  to  perform  the  duties  of  an  able-bodied  soldier;  and  I  do  further  declare  that 
I  am  of  good  habits  and  character  in  all  respects  and  have  never  been  discharged  from  the  United 
States  service  (Army  or  Navy)  or  any  other  service  on  account  of  disability  or  through  sentence  of 
either  a  civil  or  military  court,  nor  discharged  from  any  service,  civil  or  military,  except  with  good 
character,  and  for  the  reasons  given  by  me  to  the  recruiting  officer  prior  to  this  enlistment.  [Here 
add,  in  case  of  an  applicant  for  first  enlistment:  And  that  I  am,  or  have  made  legal  declaration  of  my 
intention  to  become,  a  citizen  of  the  United  States.] 

Given  at ,  this day  of ,  190—. 

Witness: 


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If  the  applicant  be  a  minor,  his  parents  or  guardian  must  give  consent  in  writing 
in  the  following  terms: 

I, ,  do  certify  that  I  am  the  (father,  only  surviving  parent,  or  guardian,  as  the  case 

may  be)  of  —  — ;  that  the  said is years  of  age;  and  I  do  hereby  freely  give 

my  consent  to  his  enlisting  as  a  soldier  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  for  the  period  of  three  years 

Given  at ,  this day  of ,  190—. 


Witness: 


This  consent  will  appear  on  the  enlistment  paper  and  will  follow  the  foregoing 
declaration. 

§63.  Recruiting  officers  will  not  allow  any  man  to  be  enticed  into  the  service  by 
false  representations,  but  will,  in  person,  explain  to  every  man  before  he  signs  the 
enlistment  paper  the  nature  of  the  service,  the  length  of  the  term,  the  amount  of 
pay,  clothing,  rations,  and  other  allowances  to  which  a  soldier  is  entitled  by  law. 

864.  As  soon  as  practicable,  and  within  six  days  after  he  has  been  accepted  on 
probation,  the  following  form  of  enlistment  will  be  signed  by  and  oath  administered 
to  the  recruit: 


STATE  OF ,  county  of ,  ss: 

I, ,  born  in ,  in  thje  State  of ,  aged years  and months,  and  by  occu- 
pation a ,  do  hereby  acknowledge  to  have  voluntarily  enlisted  (or  reenlisted)  this day 

of ,  190 — ,  as  a  soldier  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  of  America,  for  the  period  of  three 

years,  unless  sooner  discharged  by  proper  authority;  and  do  also  agree  to  accept  from  the  United 
States  such  bounty,  pay,  rations,  and  clothing  as  are  or  may  be  established  by  law.  And  I  do  sol- 
emnly swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  bear  true  faith  and  allegiance  to  the  United  States  of  America; 
that  I  will  serve  them  honestly  and  faithfully  against  all  their  enemies  whomsoever;  and  that  I  will 
obey  the  orders  of  the  President  of  the  United  States,  and  the  orders  of  the  officers  appointed  over 
me,  according  to  the  Rules  and  Articles  of  War. 

.      [SEAL.] 

Subscribed  and  duly  sworn  to  before  me  this day  of ,  A.  D.  190—. 


Recruiting  Officer^ 

This  oath  may  be  administered  by  any  commissioned  officer  of  the  Army. 

§65.  Such  of  the  Articles  of  War  as  relate  specially  to  the  duties  and  rights  of 
enlisted  men  and  the  penalties  for  military  crimes  will  be  plainly  read  and,  so  far 
as  necessary,  explained  to  each  recruit  just  before  administering  to  him  the  oath  of 
enlistment.  Within  six  days  thereafter  the  Articles  of  War  will  be  read  to  the 
recruit. 

§66.  Enlistment  papers  and  recruiting  returns  will  be  made  on  printed  forms 
furnished  by  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  and  will  be  executed  and  disposed 
of  in  accordance  with  directions  thereon. 

§67.  The  real  name  of  the  recruit  will  be  ascertained,  correctly  spelled,  and 
written  in  the  same  way  wherever  it  occurs,  and  the  Christian  name  will  not  be 
abbreviated. 

§6§.  Enlistments  will  not  be  antedated  so  as  to  allow  the  soldier  additional  pay 
for  reenlistment  who  applies  after  the  period  of  three  months  from  date  of  discharge 
has  expired,  nor  does  an  application  for  reenlistment,  made  within  three  months,, 
entitle  the  soldier  to  such  increase.  The  benefit  provided  in  section  1284,  Revised 
Statutes,  can  be  obtained  only  by  actual  reenlistment  before  the  expiration  of  the 
three  months'  limit  prescribed  in  said  section,  as  amended  by  the  act  of  August  lr 
1894  (28  Statutes  at  Large,  216). 

§69.  An  officer  who  enlists  or  reenlists  a  man  who  has  been  discharged  from  the 
Army  will  immediately  give  notice  of  the  fact  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  com- 
pany from  which  the  man  was  last  discharged,  stating,  if  practicable,  designation  of 
the  organization  to  which  he  has  been  assigned.  On  receiving  this  notice  the  com- 
mander of  the  company  from  which  the  man  was  discharged  will  enter  the  fact  of 
enlistment  or  reenlistment  on  the  soldier's  record.  Should  it  appear  that  deception 


128  ENLISTMENTS MEDICAL    EXAMINATION. 

has  been  practiced  he  will  report  the  case  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army. 
The  recruiting  officer  will  enter  the  fact  of  enlistment  or  reenlistment,  with  date  and 
place  upon  the  certificate  of  discharge  from  former  enlistment,  which  the  soldier 
should  have  in  his  possession. 

§7O.  Application  to  reenter  the  Army  from  persons  of  any  of  the  following  classes 
will  not  be  granted  without  special  authority  from  The  Military  Secretary  of  the 
Army: 

L.  Former  soldiers  who  have  been  discharged  before  expiration  of  term  of  service, 
excepting  those  discharged  by  purchase  or  for  the  convenience  of  the  Government. 

2.  Former  soldiers  who  have  been  discharged  with  character  other  than  good,  or 
its  full  equivalent. 

3.  Former  soldiers  over  forty  years  of  age  who  were  last  discharged  as  privates  and 
have  failed  to  reenlist  within  three  months  thereafter.     In  such  cases  the  applications 
must  show  that  the  enlistments  will  be  for  the  interest  of  the  service. 

4.  Former  soldiers  who  can  not  pass  the  required  examination  in  all  respects. 
Applications  of  this  nature  should  show  that  any  existing  defects  will  not  prevent  the 
performance  by  the  applicant  of  full  military  duty. 

§71.  An  applicant  will  be  subjected  to  the  required  examination  before  applica- 
tion is  made  for  special  authority  for  his  enlistment  or  reenlistment.  The  result  of 
the  examination  will  be  stated  in  the  application.  Commanding  officers  forwarding 
applications  from  men  of  their  commands  for  permission  to  reenlist  for  some  other 
organization  will  report  in  each  case  whether  the  applicant  is  married  or  single,  what 
character  will  be  given  him  on  discharge,  and  whether  or  not  he  can  pass  the  required 
examination. 

872.  Enlisted  men  of  good  character  and  faithful  service  who,  at  the  expiration 
of  their  terms,  are  undergoing  treatment  for  injuries  incurred  or  disease  contracted 
in  the  line  of  duty,  may  be  reenlisted  if  they  so  elect,  and  if  the  disability  prove  to 
be  permanent  they  will  subsequently  be  discharged  on  certificates  of  disability.  An 
•enlisted  man  not  under  treatment,  but  who  has  contracted  in  the  line  of  duty  infirmi- 
ties that  may  raise  a  question  of  physical  eligibility  to  reenlistment,  but  not  such  as 
to  prevent  his  performing  the  duties  of  a  soldier,  may  be  reenlisted  by  authority  of 
the  War  Department  on  application  made  through  the  surgeon  and  proper  military 
•channel  in  time  to  receive  a  decision  before  the  date  of  discharge. 

MEDICAL   EXAMINATION. 

§73.  The  physical  examination  of  recruits  will  be  conducted  in  accordance  with 
the  authorized  manual  for  the  examination  of  recruits.  The  enlistment  paper  of 
each  recruit  must  show  what  indelible  or  permanent  marks  were  found  on  his  person. 

§74.  In  the  absence  of  a  commissioned  medical  officer  or  contract  surgeon 
recruiting  officers  will,  whenever  practicable,  employ  a  civilian  physician  to  make 
the  physical  examination  preceding  enlistment  (see  paragraph  1509).  A  recruit- 
ing officer  who  employs  a  civilian  physician  in  the  manner  indicated  (in  the 
absence  of  a  commissioned  medical  officer  or  contract  surgeon)  is  authorized  to  take 
the  physician  with  him  to  examine  recruits  when  ordered  from  place  to  place  to 
make  enlistments,  and  will  call  upon  the  proper  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  to  provide  the  necessary  transportation  for  the  civilian  physician.  At 
recruiting  stations  where  a  large  number  of  recruits  are  to  be  examined  application 
will  be  made  to  the  Surgeon-General  for  authority  to  employ  a  physician  by  the 
month  under  contract.  When  a  recruiting  officer  who  has  employed  a  physician  by 
the  month  under  contract  under  proper  authority  is  ordered  from  place  to  place  to 
make  enlistments,  he  will  give  the  physician  proper  written  orders  in  advance  to 
accompany  him  for  the  purpose  of  examining  recruits,  naming  the  places  to  be 
visited,  and  stating  in  the  order  that  the  travel  enjoined  is  necessary  for  the  public 
service.  When  there  is  no  medical  examiner  at  the  station  the  recruiting  officer  will 


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make  the  required  examination.  When  recruits  are  examined  by  a  civilian  physi- 
cian the  recruiting  officer  will,  if  at  the  station,  be  present  at  the  examination,  but 
if  the  recruiting  officer  is  absent  the  senior  noncommissioned  officer  of  the  recruit- 
ing party  will  be  present  at  such  examination. 

875.  An  applicant  enlisted  at  a  place  where  there  is  no  surgeon  will  be  reexam- 
ined  within  two  weeks  after  enlistment,  and  before  any  clothing  is  issued  to  him,  by 
a  medical  officer  or  contract  surgeon,  or  in  the  absence  of  such  officer  by  the  civilian 
physician  employed  by  the  Medical  Department. 

876.  Every  accepted  (sworn)  recruit  will  be  vaccinated  at  the  recruiting  station 
by  the  examining  surgeon  (see  par.  1509) .     Vaccine  virus  is  supplied  by  the  Surgeon- 
General.     As  soon  as  the  recruit  joins  any  depot,  regiment,  or  post  he  will  be  exam- 
ined by  the  surgeon  to  ascertain  whether  vaccination  is  required.     In  all  cases  where 
there  is  not  unmistakable  evidence  of  successful  vaccination  within  a  reasonable 
period  the  operation  will  be  performed  immediately. 

877.  A  critical  inspection  by  the  senior  medical  officer  present  will  be  made  of 
every  recruit  received  at  a  depot  within  two  days  after  his  arrival,  if  he  has  not 
already  undergone  examination  by  a  medical  officer,  contract  surgeon,  or  civilian 
physician.     Should  the  recruit  be  found  unfit  for  service  or  to  have  been  illegally 
enlisted,  a  board  of  officers  will  be  called  by  the  post  commander  to  examine  into 
the  case,  and  if  the  board  recommends  the  discharge  of  the  recruit  for  physical  disa- 
bility it  will  fully  report  its  reasons,  based  upon  a  thorough  investigation  of  the  case, 
and  will  show  in  its  report  whether  the  enlistment  involved  fraud,  whether  the  disa- 
bility existed  prior  to  enlistment,  when,  where,  and  by  whom  the  enlistment  was 
made,  and  whether,  in  its  opinion,  the  disqualification  might  have  been  discovered 
by  the  recruiting  officer  (with  whom  the  board  will  communicate,  and  who  will  be 
given  opportunity  to  be  heard  in  the  case)  had  due  care  been  exercised.     This  report, 
together  with  the  surgeon's  certificate  of  disability  and  the  original  form  for  exam- 
ining a  recruit,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  post  commander  direct  to  The  Military 
Secretary  of  the  Army. 

878.  Every  detachment  of  recruits  ordered  from  a  recruit  depot  to  any  organiza- 
tion or  post  will,  immediately  preceding  its  departure,  be  critically  inspected  by  the 
post  commander  and  the  senior  medical  officer  present,  and  any  sick  or  otherwise 
disabled  will  be  held  at  depot.     A  recruit  deemed  unfit  for  continuance  in  the  sendee 
will  not  be  sent  to  a  regiment,  but  a  board  of  officers  will  be  convened  to  consider 
the  case  and  report  as  indicated  in  the  preceding  paragraph. 

879.  Before  recruits  are  forwarded  from  a  depot  to  organizations,  the  post  com- 
mander will  cause  the  character  of  each  recruit  to  be  entered  upon  the  descriptive 
and  assignment  card;  also  the  date  and  result  of  last  vaccination.     Officers  in  charge 
of  detachments,  if  called  upon,  will  exhibit  the  entries  relative  to  vaccination  to 
authorized  inspectors  of  State  boards  of  health. 

880.  Upon  arrival  at  a  post  each  recruit  who  has  not  undergone  examination  by 
a  medical  officer,  contract  surgeon,   or  civilian  physician,  will  be  examined,  and 
defects  will  be  recorded  by  the  medical  officer,  with  his  opinion  as  to  whether  they 
existed  prior  to  enlistment.     A  certificate  of  disability  will  be  submitted  if  the  recruit 
is  disqualified  for  the  service.     If  the  certificate  be  submitted,  the  post  commander 
will  carefully  scan  the  answers  made  by  the  recruit  on  the  "Form  for  the  physical 
examination  of  a  recruit,"  and  if  his  answers  show  that  fraud  was  practiced  to  secure 
his  enlistment  the  post  commander  will  make  full  report  of  the  facts  to  The  Military 
Secretary  of  the  Army,  and  forward  therewith  the  certificate  and  the  examination 
form. 

881.  A  register  of  the  medical  examination  of  recruits  will  be  kept  at  each  recruit- 
ing station  and  depot.     A  report  of  the  recruits  examined  during  the  preceding 
month  will  be  forwarded,  not  later  than  the  6th  day  of  every  month,  to  the  Surgeon- 
General,  who  will  furnish  blank   *or  the  purpose,  as  well  as  blank  registers  of  medical 

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130       ASSIGNMENT    OF    EECEUITS INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S    DEPT. 

examination.  When  a  register  is  filled  it  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Surgeon-General. 
Cases  of  "  recruits  on  probation"  who  have  failed  for  any  cause  to  complete  their 
enlistment  will  be  indicated  by  an  appropriate  entry  in  the  column  of  remarks,  both 
oh  the  monthly  reports  to  the  Surgeon-General  and  in  the  register. 

RECRUITS    SENT    TO    ORGANIZATIONS. 

8  §2.  Recruits  will  be  assigned  to  regiments  and  other  organizations  by  The  Mili- 
tary Secretary  of  the  Army,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  from  either 
recruiting  stations  or  depots.  Eecruits  designated  for  assignment  will  be  borne  on  the 
rolls  and  returns  of  the  stations  or  depots  until  the  date  of  departure  therefrom,  when 
the  assignment  will  take  effect;  prior  to  that  date  they  will  not  be  taken  up  on  the 
rolls  of  companies,  regiments,  or  other  organizations. 

§§3.  When  recruits  are  sent  to  any  organization,  a  descriptive  and  assignment 
card  for  each  will  be  given  to  the  officer  assigned  to  conduct  them,  or  if  no  officer  be 
BO  assigned  the  cards  will  be  sent  to  the  proper  commanding  officer  by  the  first  mail 
after  the  departure  of  the  recruits. 

§§4.  When  recruits  are  sent  to  organizations  from  depots  or  other  posts,  the 
descriptive  and  assignment  cards  will  be  made  by  the  adjutant;  when  they  go  direct 
from  a  recruiting  station  not  at  a  post,  they  will  be  made  by  the  recruiting  officer. 

885.  An  officer  intrusted  with  the  command  of  recruits  ordered  to  regiments  or 
other  organizations  will,  on  arriving  at  destination,  forward  the  following  papers: 

1.  To  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  a  report  of  date  of  arrival  at  the  post, 
the   strength  and  condition  of  the  party  when  turned   over  to  the  commanding 
officer,  and  all  circumstances  worthy  of  remark  which  occurred  on  the  journey. 

2.  To  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  organization,  the  descriptive  and 
assignment  cards  furnished  him  at  the  rendezvous  or  station,  properly  completed  by 
noting  in  the  column  for  remarks  time  and  place  of  death,  desertion,  or  other  casualty 
that  may  have  occurred. 

886.  The  descriptive  and  assignment  card  of  every  recruit  sent  to  a  regiment  or 
other  organization,  with  remarks  showing  final  disposition  of  the  recruit,  and  number 
of  regiment  and  letter  or  number  of  company  to  wrhich  he  has  been  assigned,  will  be 
forwarded  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  by  the  officer  who  makes  the 
assignment. 

887.  Soldiers  enlisted  by  special  authority  for  particular  organizations  will  be 
sent  to  their  proper  stations  without  delay.     An  applicant  will  be  subjected  to  the 
required  examination  before  application  is  made  for  special  authority  for  his  enlist- 
ment. 

ARTICLE  LXVIII. 

INSPECTOR-GENERAL'  s  DEPARTMENT. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

888.  The  sphere  of  inquiry  of  the  Inspector-General's  Department  includes  every 
branch  of  military  affairs  except  when  specially  limited  in  these  regulations  or  in 
orders.     Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will  exercise  a  comprehen- 
sive and  general  observation  within  the  command  to  which  they  may  be  respectively 
assigned  over  all  that  pertains  to  the  efficiency  of  the  Army,  the  condition  and  state 
of  supplies  of  all  kinds,  of  arms  and  equipments,  of  the  expenditure  of  public  prop- 
erty and  moneys,  and  the  condition  of  accounts  of  all  disbursing  officers  of  every 
branch  of  the  service,  of  the  conduct,  discipline,  and  efficiency  of  officers  and  troops, 
and  report  with  strict  impartiality  in  regard  to  all  irregularities  that  may  be  dis- 
covered.    From  time  to  time  they  will  make  such  suggestions  as  may  appear  to  them 
practicable  for  the  correction  of  any  defect  that  may  come  under  their  observation. 


INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT — SPECIAL  DUTIES.      131 

889.  Inspectors-general  or  acting  inspectors-general  assigned  to  a  military  com- 
mand are  under  the  immediate  direction  of  its  commanding  general;  when  not  so 
assigned,  they  are  under  the  orders  of  the  War  Department.     They  will  make  the 
general  and  such  special  inspections  as  the  commanding  general  may  direct  within 
the  limits  of  his  command,  and  will  each  be  allowed  the  necessary  clerks  and  one 
messenger,  who  will  be  assigned  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

890.  Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will  report  by  letter  on 
arriving  at  their  stations  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army;  they  will  furnish  him 
copies  of  all  orders  and  written  instructions  received  for  tours  of  inspections,  and,  on 
the  last  day  of  each  month,  will  report  to  him,  through  military  channels,  their 
addresses  and  duties  performed  during  the  month. 

At  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  the  inspector-general  of  a  military  division 
will  submit  to  the  division  commander  a  report  covering  the  operations  of  the 
Inspector-General's  Department  within  the  division  during  the  past  year,  together 
with  such  recommendations  for  the  improvement  of  the  service  as  he  may  deem  fit, 
and  will  forward  a  copy  thereof,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Inspector-General 
of  the  Army. 

891.  Inspectors-general  or  acting  inspectors-general  will  make  known  their  orders 
or  instructions  to  commanding  and  other  officers  whose  troops  and  affairs  they  are 
directed  to  inspect,  and  these  officers  will  see  that  every  facility  and  assistance, 
including  clerical  aid,  if  requested,  is  afforded.     When  making  inspections  within 
the  territorial  limits  of  the  command  of  an  officer  subordinate  to  the  officer  ordering 
the  inspections,  they  will,  prior  to  the  inspections,  furnish  to  the  subordinate  com- 
mander a  copy  of  their  orders  and  an  itinerary  of  their  route  in  so  far  as  they  relate 
to  the  inspection  of  parts  of  his  command. 

892.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  will  not  give  orders  unless 
specially  authorized  to  do  so,  and  then  only  in  the  name  of  the  superior  giving  such 
authority.     He  will  report  with  strict  impartiality  all  irregularities.     He  should 
refrain  from  informal  conversation  or  comment  upon  subjects  under  investigation. 

893.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  will  exercise  the  greatest 
care  that  he  does  no  injustice  to  organizations  or  individuals.     When  investigating 
accusations  prejudicial  to  the  character  of  an  officer,  he  will  make  known  to  the 
officer  their  nature,  and  give  him  an  opportunity  to  make  his  own  statement  in  writ- 
ing, which  will  be  appended  to  the  report..    Copies  or  extracts  from  an  inspection 
report  reflecting  upon  or  commending  the  character  or  efficiency  of  an  officer  may 
be  furnished  him  by  the  commander  to  whom  the  report  is  submitted. 

894.  An  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  detailed  to  investigate 
alleged  attempts  to  defraud  the  Government,  or  any  irregularity  or  misconduct  of  any 
officer  or  agent  of  the  United  States,  has  authority  to  administer  oaths  to  witnesses. 

SPECIAL    DUTIES. 

895.  Inspectors-general  will,  from  time  to  time,  designate  the  articles  which,  in 
their  opinion,  should  be  procured  and  kept  for  sale  by  the  Subsistence  Department, 
to  officers  and  enlisted  men  while  in  garrison  or  permanent  camps,  and  while  in 
temporary  camps  or  on  active  campaign.     These   recommendations  will  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  his  action. 

STATED    INSPECTIONS. 

896.  Special  inspections  and  investigations  within  the  limits  of  a  command  (ter- 
ritorial or  tactical)  may  be  made  under  orders  of  the  commander  thereof;  but  in  all 
cases  involving  travel  his  selection  of  officers  to  perform  such  duty  shall  be  restricted 
to  inspectors-general,  acting  inspectors-general,  or  officers  of  the  General  Staff  Corps 
on  duty  as  such,  at  his  headquarters  under  War  Department  assignment. 


132  STATED    INSPECTIONS METHODS    OF   INSPECTION. 

897.  The  annual  inspection  of  the  Soldiers'  Home  in  the  District  of  Columbia 
will  be  made  by  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  in  person,  as  required  by  law; 
and  that  of  the  National  Home  for  Disabled  Volunteer  Soldiers,  its  records,  disburse- 
ments, management,  discipline,  and  condition,  will  be  made  by  an  officer  of  the 
Inspector-General's  Department  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
August  18,  1894,  who  will  report  in  writing,  through  the  Inspector- General  of  the 
Army,  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  results  of  such  inspection. 

898.  All  military  commands,  garrisoned  posts,  and  camps  shall  be  inspected  at 
least  once  in  each  fiscal  year  by  the  inspector-general  of  the  division  or  his  assistants. 
Ungarrisoned  posts  will  be  inspected  at  such  times  as  the  division  commander  may 
direct,  ordinarily  once  in  two  years,  and  all  Army  transports  within  three  days  of 
date  of  their  departure  from  port. 

899.  All  armories,  arsenals,  depots,  general  hospitals,  general  recruiting  stations, 
the  proving  ground  at  Sandy  Hook,  N.  J.,  and  the  military  prisoners  in  the  United 
States  penitentiary  at  Fort  Leaven  worth,  Kans.,  will  be  inspected  annually  and  all 
national  cemeteries  once  in  two  years.     These  inspections  and  the  inspections  of 
accounts  of  officers  disbursing  funds  under  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  such  special 
inspections  of  posts  and  commands  as  may  be  deemed  advisable,  will  be  directed  by 
the  Secretary  of  War  to  be  made  by  officers  recommended  by  the  Inspector-General 
of  the  Army,  with  a  view  to  their  special  fitness  for  the  work  enjoined. 

900.  Inspections  of  the  military  departments  and  business  methods  of  the  Mili- 
tary Academy  and  of  the  service  schools  w ill  be  made  annually  by  the  Inspector- 
General  or  officers  recommended  by  him  under  specific  instructions  of  the  War 
Department. 

901.  The  inspection  of  disbursements  and  money  accounts  of  disbursing  officers 
required  by  act  of  April  20,  1874,  will  be  made  by  officers  of  the  Inspector-General's 
Department  or  by  others  detailed  for  that  purpose,  and,  as  far  as  practicable,  at  irregular 
intervals,  but  no  officer  so  detailed  shall  be  in  any  way  connected  with  the  corps  or 
staff  department  making  the  disbursement.     The  frequency  of  these  inspections  will 
be  regulated  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

902.  Keports  of  prescribed  inspections  of  troops,  stations,  and  accounts  of  dis- 
bursing officers  will  be  forwarded  through  military  channels  to  The  Military  Sec- 
retary of  the  Army  and  transmitted  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army.     In  case 
irregularities,  deficiencies,  or  misconduct  are  reported,  a  commander  in  forwarding  a 
report  will  state  what  remedies  he  has  applied  or  will  apply  to  correct  them,  adding 
any  recommendations  that  he  may  desire  to  make.     The  Inspector-General  will  sub- 
mit such  reports  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  calling  his  special  attention  to  matters  requiring 
correction. 

903.  The  Inspector-General  of  the  Army  will  keep  the  inspectors-general  of  the 
several  military  divisions  informed  through  the  proper  channels  of  such  inspections 
of  accounts  of  disbursing  officers  and  of  places  not  under  the  immediate  command  of 
the  division    commander  as  the  Chief  of  Staff  desires  shall  be  made  by  them. 
Division  commanders  in  issuing  orders  for  inspections  involving  travel  will  consider 
the  most  advantageous  and  economical  plan. 

METHODS   OF    INSPECTION. 

904.  Inspections  of  troops  will  be  conducted  as  prescribed  in  the  authorized  drill 
regulations.     When  the  command  consists  of  more  than  one  company  the  inspection 
will,  if  practicable,  be  preceded  by  a  review. 

905.  The  written  reports  of  inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will 
pet  forth  a  correct  return  of  the  troops,  the  number  present  at  and  absent  from  the 
station  and  the  absentees  from  inspection,  and  whether  irregularities,  etc.,  reported 
at  last  inspection,  have  been  remedied;  after  which  will  follow  a  statement  of  the 
results  of  the  inspection,  dealing  only  with  defects,  deficiencies,  irregularities,  recom- 


METHODS    OF   INSPECTION.  133 

mendations,  and  commendations  whereof  the  various  items  will  be  paragraphed  and 
stated  separately.  These  items  will  be  grouped  under  the  department  within  whose 
sphere  the  responsibility  for  the  conditions  stated  falls,  viz:  Commanding  officer, 
Quartermaster's  Department,  Corps  of  Engineers,  etc.  Brief  statement  will  be  made 
of  the  various  drills  and  exercises  held  for  the  inspector  and  the  report  concluded 
with  an  exposition  of  the  conclusions  arrived  at  as  to  the  military  efficiency,  dis- 
cipline, and  instruction  of  the  command. 
9O6.  Inspections  of  garrisons  and  posts  will  embrace  the  following  subjects: 

1.  Officers    present,   those  absent   011  detached  duty  or  otherwise,   and  those 
permanently  incapacitated  for  any  duty  from  any  cause;  whether  the  number  of 
enlisted  men  in  ranks  at  inspection  corresponds  to  returns,  how  absentees  are 
accounted  for,  and  how  many  appear  under  arms  at  inspection;  the  number  of  men 
in  the  band,  and  if  any  are  not  musicians. 

2.  Whether  the  post  is  adequately  armed  and  supplied,  and  maps  of  the  post  and 
of  the  country  in  its  vicinity  kept. 

3.  Whether  the  commanding  officer  observes  the  system  of  instruction  and  treat- 
ment of  subordinates  enjoined  by  the  regulations,  and  properly  executes  the  laws 
relating  to  neutrality,  quarantine,  and  the  regulations  concerning  international  cour- 
tesy, so  far  as  applicable  to  his  post;  whether  justice  is  promptly  and  legally  admin- 
istered; the  zeal  of  the  commanding  officer  and  his  ability  to  perform  his  duties. 

4.  Whether  officers  are  efficient,  reporting  any  intemperance  or  immorality,  and 
mentioning  any  officer  or  soldier  who  has  distinguished  himself,  or  shown  special 
efficiency  in  any  department  of  study  or  duty. 

5.  The  manner  in  which  chaplains  perform  their  duties. 

6.  The  efficiency  of    administrative  and  staff  officers,  the  correctness  of  their 
accounts;  whether  payments  and  issues  are  made  in  accordance  with  law  and  regula- 
tions, and  whether  surplus  supplies  are  taken  up  on  returns  and  deficiencies  accounted 
for. 

7.  Efficiency,  discipline,  and  appearance  of  the  troops;  state  of  arms,  equipments, 
and  accouterments  of  all  kinds;  sufficiency,  uniformity,  and  fit  of  clothing;  whether 
the  schools  for  officers  and  enlisted  men  are  held  as  prescribed  and  properly  con- 
ducted; nature  and  amount  of  drills,  recitations  in  tactics  and  drill  regulations,  target 
practice,  practice  marches,  practice  in  outpost  duty,  field  service,  minor  tactics,  and 
gymnastic  exercises;  efficiency  in  signaling;  regularity  of  payment  of  the  troops, 
their  health,  and  whether  the  sick  are  properly  cared  for;  the  number  and  percent- 
age of  desertions  from  each  organization  during  the  twelve  months  preceding  the 
inspection,  and,  if  abnormal,  special  inquiry  as  to  the  cause  therefor  will  be  made 
and  the  result  briefly  reported. 

8.  Police  and  sanitation  of  the  post;  cleanliness,  state  of  repair,  and  sanitary  con- 
dition of  all  buildings;  the  number,  character,  and  cost  of  buildings  constructed  since 
last  annual  inspection. 

9.  Whether  there  are  suitable  rooms  for  use,  respectively,  as  a  library,  reading 
room,  chapel,  and  school;  sufficient  quantities  of  newspapers  and  periodicals,  school- 
books,  stationery,  and  school  material  for  the  use  of  enlisted  men;  whether  the  news- 
papers, periodicals,  and  schoolbooks  are  solely  used  by  enlisted  men;  whether  the 
library  rooms  are  used  at  all  by  officers,  and,  if  so,  whether  it  interferes  with  their 
use  by  enlisted   men;  the  attendance  and  progress  of  pupils  and  the  system  of 
instruction.     See  also  paragraph  343. 

10.  System  of  messing,  sufficiency,  variety,  and  preparation  of  food. 

11.  Whether  labor  of  the  supply  departments  is  performed  by  troops  or  civilians; 
if  by  the  latter,  their  number,  cost  attending  and  reasons  for  their  employment,  and 
kind  of  labor  performed  by  them. 

12.  Means  of  transportation  and  its  condition;  training,  grooming,  shoeing,  suit- 
ability,   veterinary    treatment    and    condition    of    public    animals,    and    number 
unserviceable. 


134  METHODS    OF    INSPECTION. 

13.  Condition  of  all  public  property,   and   whether  used  for  private  purposes; 
whether  buildings  and  property  are  properly  secured  against  fire,  theft,  and  damage. 

14.  Whether  sales  of  subsistence  stores  are  made  to  enlisted  men  according  to  regu- 
lations; whether  there  are  damaged  stores,  and  if  so,  in  what  quantities  and  how 
damage  was  caused. 

15.  Water  supply,  facilities  for  laundry  work,  bathing  and  swimming,  system  and 
condition  of  sewerage  and  drainage,  and  means  of  extinguishing  fire. 

16.  Management  and  success  of  post  exchange,  and  whether  properly  supplied  and 
conducted  according  to  regulations;  extent,  necessity  for,  and  kind  of  gardens,  suc- 
cess attending,  and  number  of  men  employed  therein. 

17.  Management  and  application  of  the  regimental,  bakery,  company,  mess,  and 
post  exchange  funds,  and  wrhether  the  provisions  of  Articles  XXXIII  and  XXXIV 
are  complied  with. 

18.  Whether  regimental,  post  and  company  books,  papers  and  files,  and  those  of 
the  post  staff  departments,  including  chaplain's  records,  are  properly  kept,  and  the 
prescribed  rolls  and  returns  are  properly  prepared  and  promptly  forwarded. 

19.  Condition  of  post  cemetery  and  its  records. 

20.  Efficiency  of  hospital  corps  in  ambulance  and  litter-bearers'  drill,  and  methods 
of  rendering  first  aid  to  the  wounded. 

9O7.  Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  while  inspecting  a  com- 
mand will  call  upon  post,  regimental,  battalion,  and  company  commanders  and  post 
surgeons  for  a  report  by  name  of  any  officer  under  their  immediate  command  who 
is  incapacitated  for  service  either  mentally,  morally,  or  physcially.  When  any 
officer  is  so  reported  the  inspector  will  thoroughly  investigate  the  case  and  submit 
his  conclusions  therein  to  the  officer  ordering  the  inspection. 

9O§.  On  completion  of  an  inspection  of  a  post  or  other  command  of  troops,  the 
inspector-general  or  acting  inspector-general  will  furnish  its  commanding  officer  a 
written  statement  of  all  irregularities  and  deficiencies  observed,  which  will  be  kept 
on  file  for  the  information  of  commanding  officers  and  inspectors.  The  commanding 
officer  will,  as  soon  as  practicable,  submit  to  the  next  higher  commander  a  copy  of 
this  statement,  with  a  report  showing  what  remedies  he  haa  applied  or  will  apply  to 
correct  each  of  the  irregularities  or  defects  found,  and  will  recommend  the  proper 
action  with  regard  to  those  that  he  has  not  power  or  authority  to  remedy.  These 
reports  and  statements  will  be  promptly  forwarded  through  military  channels  to  The 
Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  by  whom  they  will  be  transmitted  to  the  Inspector- 
General.  At  arsenals,  depots,  and  stations  not  under  the  supervision  of  division  or 
department  commanders  inspectors  will  furnish  like  statements,  and  commanding 
officers  will  forward  copies  thereof  with  their  reports  to  The  Military  Secretary  for 
file  with  the  inspection  reports  to  which  they  pertain. 

DISBURSEMENTS   AND   ACCOUNTS. 

9O9.  Inspectors-general  and  acting  inspectors-general  will  inquire  as  to  the 
necessity,  economy,  and  propriety  of  all  disbursements,  their  strict  conformity  to 
the  law  appropriating  the  money,  and  whether  the  disbursing  officers  comply  with 
the  law  in  keeping  their  accounts  and  making  their  deposits.  A  statement  of  receipts 
and  expenditures  and  of  the  distribution  of  funds,  with  lists  of  outstanding  checks, 
on  forms  furnished  by  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  will  be  submitted  by  the 
disbursing  officer  to  the  inspector,  who  should  immediately  transmit  the  lists  of  out- 
standing checks  to  the  several  depositories.  Upon  return  from  a  depository,  balances 
will  be  verified  and  noted  on  the  inspection  report,  which  will  then  be  forwarded  to 
the  Inspector-General,  with  a  copy  of  each  list  of  outstanding  checks  and  the  indorse- 
ments thereon.  The  original  lists  will  be  retained  by  the  inspector  to  be  used  at  the 
next  inspection  of  the  officer's  accounts,  and  then  sent  to  the  Inspector-General. 


INSPECTION  OF  PROPERTY.  135 

910.  When  an  officer  ceases  to  act  as  a  disbursing  officer,  or  for  any  reason  closes 
his  accounts,  he  will  prepare  a  closing  statement  of  his  money  accounts,  from  date 
of  last  inspection  to  and  including  the  closing  of  his  accounts,  with  a  separate  list  of 
checks  outstanding  for  each  depository.     If  he  is  under  the  command  of  a  division 
commander,  or  his  accounts  are  assigned  for  inspection  to  the  division  inspector,  he 
will  forward  the  statement  and  list  of  checks  to  division   headquarters,  through 
military  channels,  for  the  usual  action,  including  inspection  if  practicable.     If  dis- 
bursing under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  without  such  assignment,  h« 
will  forward  his  papers  direct  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army. 

PROPERTY    FOR   CONDEMNATION. 

911.  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  720,  inspections  having  in  view  the  con- 
demnation of  property  will  be  made   by  inspectors-general  or  acting  inspectors- 
general;  but  in  cases  of  emergency,  such  as  when  a  station  is  abandoned  or  when 
troops  change  station,  such  inspections  may  be  made  by  officers  specially  designated 
by  the  commander  of  a  territoral  division  or  department,  or  the  commander  of  a 
division,  corps,  or  army  in  the  field,  or  higher  authority. 

912.  Officers  will  prepare  and  sign  in  triplicate,  on  blank  forms  furnished  by  the 
Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  inventories  of  public  property  requiring  inspection, 
and  present  them,  with  the  property,  to  the  inspector-general  or  acting  inspector- 
general  at  the  time  of  his  visit.     In  the  case  of  rapidly  deteriorating  subsistence 
stores  or  of  unserviceable  public  animals,  or  pressing  emergency,  such  inventories  will 
be  prepared  whenever  necessary,  and  one  copy  will  be  forwarded  to  the  commander 
having  authority  to  appoint  an  inspector.     Public  animals  will  be  inventoried  singly, 
with  a  brief  description  of  color,  sex,  age,  and  distinguishing  marks.     Public  build- 
ings which  have  become  unserviceable  and  can  not  be  kept  in  repair  at  reasonable 
cost,  or  which  occupy  ground  required  for  new  buildings  or  other  improvements, 
will  be  entered  upon  a  separate  inventory  and  brought  before  an  inspector  for  his 
action. 

913.  For  inspection  the  property  will  be  arranged  in  the  order  of  enumeration 
in  the  inventory,  every  article  will  be  examined  by  the  inspector,  and  the  officer 
responsible  will  accompany  him  and  be  prepared  to  give  all  necessary  information 
in  regard  to  it. 

914.  Inspectors  will  examine  all  property  properly  presented  for  condemnation. 
When  all  property  presented  has  been  destroyed  one  inventory  and  inspection 
report  will  be  forwarded  by  the  inspecting  officer  through  proper  channels  to  the 
Inspector-General  of  the  Army  and  the  others  will  be  delivered  to  the  accountable 
officer.     In  cases  in  which  the  inspector  recommends  the  sale  of  any  property,  or 
its  transfer  to  depots,  he  will  forward  all  the  inventories  and  inspection  reports  to 
department,  division,  or  army  corps  headquarters,  and  if  the  inspector's  action  is 
approved  by  the  department,  division,  or  army  corps  commander,  two  will  be 
returned  to  the  accountable  officer  and  the  other  forwarded  through  proper  military 
channels  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  to  be  transmitted  to  the  Inspector- 
General  of  the  Army,  and,  in  similar  cases,  when  the  accountable  officer  is  not 
serving  under  the  department,  division,  or  army  corps  commander  and  all  the 
property  has  been  destroyed,  one  copy  of  the  inventory  and  inspection  report  will  be 
forwarded  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army  and  two  to  the  accountable  officer,  or 
if  sale  or  transfer  of  the  property  is  recommended,  the  inspecting  officer  will  forward 
all  the  inventories  and  inspection  reports  to  the  Inspector-General  of  the  Army,  who 
will  forward  them  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  through  the  chief  of  the  bureau  concerned; 
one  copy  will  be  returned  to  the  Inspector-General  and  two  to  the  accountable 
officer. 


136  INSPECTION  OF  PROPERTY. 

915.  Inspectors  will  exercise  great  care  in  examining  property  submitted  to 
them  for  condemnation  and  in  making  recommendations  regarding  its  disposition. 
Articles  "to  be  continued  in  service"  are  such. as  are  still  serviceable.     Those  "to 
be  dropped"  from  the  returns  are  such  as  can  not  be  sold  at  the  post  and  are  not 
worth  cost  of  transportation  to  an  arsenal  or  depot  for  repair.     If  worthless  they 
must  be  so  far  destroyed  as  to  prevent  any  possibility  of  future  presentation.     Such 
articles  as  can  not  be  destroyed  will,  when  practicable,  be  marked  "  I.  C."  (inspected — 
condemned),  or  will  be  broken  up  and  the  serviceable  parts  retained.     Condemned 
animals  will  be  branded  "  I.  C. "  on  the  neck  under  the  mane.    Should  the  inspector' s 
recommendation  be  disapproved  in  regard  to  articles  marked  "I.  C.,"  the  marks 
will  be  canceled  and  a  certificate  of  the  fact  given  to  the  responsible  officer.     Suit- 
able brands  and  stencils  will  be  kept  for  use  of  inspectors  at  posts  and  depots. 
Articles  "to  be  sold  at  post"  are  such  as  are  of  no  further  public  use  or  not  worth 
cost  of  transportation  to  a  depot.     Those  "to  be  turned  into  depot"  are  such  as  can 
not  be  repaired  at  the  post  and  are  worth  cost  of  transportation.     Small  arms  found 
to  be  unfit  for  service  will  be  turned  in  to  the  nearest  arsenal  or  depot.     Property 
will  not  be  turned  into  depots  without  authority  from  the  head  of  the  staff  depart- 
ment to  which  the  property  pertains,  except  in  the  Philippines  Division,  where  such 
authority  may  be  given  by  the  commanding  general  of  the  division.     The  authority 
herein  referred  to,  of  heads  of  staff  departments,  will  usually  be  given  in  general 
terms  in  the  form  of  approved  memoranda  indicating  the  most  advantageous  method 
of  disposing  of  various  classes  of  unserviceable  property,  which  memoranda  will 
serve  as  guides  to  department  and  higher  commanders  and  inspectors. 

916.  Public  property  in  use  will  not  be  reported  as  unserviceable  nor  condemned 
by  an  inspector  merely  because  worn  or  shabby  in  appearance  when  really  strong 
and  serviceable. 

917.  Great  care  will  be  taken  to  prevent  property  once  condemned  and  ordered 
dropped  from  the  returns  from  being  again  presented  for  inspection.     When  public 
property  is  presented  to  an  inspector  for  condemnation  the  officer  responsible  will 
certify  on  the  inventory  that  the  property  has  not  been  previously  condemned. 

91§.  Inspectors  will,  when  practicable,  cause  the  destruction,  in  their  presence, 
of  all  property  found  to  be  worthless  and  which  is  without  money  value  at  or  near 
the  place  of  inspection,  except  small  arms,  and  will  state  in  their  reports  that  "the 
articles  recommended  to  be  destroyed  have  no  money  value  at  or  near  the  post." 
The  action  of  an  inspector  on  property  of  this  character  will  be  final,  and  his  report 
will  be  a  valid  voucher  for  the  responsible  officer.  Inspectors  will  be  held  responsible 
for  their  action  in  this  particular.  When  property  thus  condemned  is  not  destroyed 
in  the  presence  of  the  inspector  or  a  disinterested  officer  representing  the  inspector, 
the  responsible  officer  will  certify  to  the  fact  of  subsequent  destruction  in  his 
presence. 

919.  An  inspection  report  on  damaged  clothing  wTill  set  forth  the  amount  of  dam- 
age to  each  article;  also  a  list  of  such  articles  as  are  fit  to  issue  to  prisoners,  or,  at 
reduced  prices,  to  enlisted  men  willing  to  receive  them. 

9 2O.  Department  or  higher  commanders  may  give  orders,  on  the  reports  of 
authorized  inspectors,  to  make  such  disposition  of  condemned  property  as  the  case 
may  require,  except  public  buildings,  for  which  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War 
is  required.     If  the  property  be  of  considerable  value,  and  there  be  good  reason  to 
suppose  that  it  can  be  more  advantageously  applied  or  disposed  of  elsewhere  than 
within  the  command,  the  report  will  be  forwarded  for  the  action  of   the  War 
Department. 

921.  Orders  for  the  final  disposition  of  condemned  property  will  be  indorsed  by 
the  proper  authority  on  the  inspection  reports,  each  copy  being  made  complete  in 
itself.     One  will  be  forwarded,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Inspector-General 
of  the  Army,  and  the  others  to  the  accountable  officer,  who  will  forward  one  with 
his  accounts,  and  file  the  other  with  his  retained  papers. 


JUDGE- ADVOCATE-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT.      137 

ARTICLE  LXIX. 

JUDGE-ADVOCATE-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

922.  The  Judge- Advocate-General  is  the  custodian  of  the  records  of  all  general 
courts-martial,  courts  of  inquiry,  and  military  commissions,  and  of  all  papers  rela- 
ting to  the  title  of  lands  under  the  control  of  the  War  Department,  except  the 
Washington  Aqueduct  and  the  public  buildings  and  grounds  in  the  District  of  Col- 
umbia.    The  officers  of  this  department  render  opinions  upon  legal  questions  when 
called  upon  by  proper  authority. 

923.  The  judge-advocate  of  each  department,  or  the  officer  acting  as  such,  will, 
as  soon  as  practicable  after  June  30  of  each  year,  render  to  the  Judge-Advocate-Gen- 
eral a  report  for  the  year  terminating  on  that  date,  giving  the  number  and  character 
of  cases  tried  by  courts-martial  in  the  Department  during  the  period.     This  report 
will  separately  classify  the  trials  of  officers  and  enlisted  men,  and  show  whether  by 
general,  garrison,  or  summary  courts,  the  number  of  acquittals  in  each  class  and  the 
number  of  different  men  tried  by  inferior  courts,  and  contain  his  recommendations 
and  remarks  touching  the  administration  of  military  justice. 

924.  The  original  proceedings  of  all  general  courts-martial,  courts  of  inquiry,  and 
military  commissions,  with  the  decisions  and  orders  of  the  reviewing  authorities 
made  thereon,  and  the  proceedings  of  all  general  courts-martial,  courts  of  inquiry, 
and  military  commissions  which  require  the  confirmation  of  the  President,  but  which 
have  not  been  appointed  by  him,  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Judge- Advocate- 
General.     One  copy  of  the  order  promulgating  the  action  of  the  court  and  a  copy  of 
every  subsequent  order  affecting  the  case  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Judge- Advocate- 
General,  with  the  record  of  each  case.     When  more  than  one  case  is  embraced  in  a 
single  order,  a  sufficient  number  of  copies  will  be  forwarded  to  enable  one  to  be  filed 
with  each  record.     The  proceedings  of  all  courts  and  military  commissions  appointed 
by  the  President  will  be  sent  direct  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

925.  Judge-advocates  and  acting  judge-advocates  will  forward  to  the  Judge- 
Advocate-General,  on  June  30  each  year,  with  the  reports  prescribed  in  paragraph 
923,  lists  of  the  law  books  for  which  they  are  responsible. 

926.  Applications  of  officers,  enlisted  men,  and  military  prisoners  for  copies  of 
proceedings  of  general  courts-martial,  to  be  furnished  them  under  the  one  hundred 
and  fourteenth  Article  of  War,  will,  when  received  by  post  or  other  commanders,  be 
forwarded  direct  to  the  Judge- Advocate-General. 

927.  Communications  relating  to  proceedings  of  military  courts  on  file  in  the 
Judge- Advocate-General's  Department  will  be  addressed  and  forwarded  direct  by 
department  commanders  to  the  Judge-Advocate-General.     In  routine  matters,  the 
Judge- Advocate-General  and  judge-advocates  may  correspond  with  each  other  direct. 

92§.  The  reports  which  the  Judge- Advocate-General  may  render  upon  cases 
received  by  him,  and  which  require  the  action  of  the  President,  will  be  submitted  to 
the  Chief  of  Staff. 

ARTICLE  LXX. 

ARREST  AND  CONFINEMENT. 

929.  Only  commanding  officers  have  power  to  place  officers  in  arrest,  except  as 
provided  in  the  twenty-fourth  Article  of  War.     An  arrest  may  be  ordered  by  the 
commanding  officer,  in  person  or  through  a  staff  officer,  orally  or  in  writing. 

930.  An  officer  arrested  will  repair  at  once  to  his  tent  or  quarters,  and  there 
remain  until  more  extended  limits  have  been  granted  by  the  commanding  officer. 
Close  confinement  will  not  be  enforced  except  in  cases  of  a  serious  nature. 


138  ARKEST    AND    CONFINEMENT. 

931.  Officers  will  not  be  placed  in  arrest  for  light  offenses.     For  these  the  cen- 
sure of  the  commanding  officer  will  generally  answer  the  purpose  of  discipline. 
Whenever  a  commanding  officer  places  an  officer  in  arrest  and  releases  him  without 
preferring  charges  he  will  make  a  written  report  of  his  action  to  the  department 
commander,  stating  the  cause.     The  department  commander,  if  he  thinks  the  occa- 
sion requires,  will  call  on  the  officer  arrested  for  any  explanation  he  may  desire  to 
make,  and  take  such  other  action  as  he  may  think  necessary,  forwarding  the  papers 
to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  for  file  with  the  officer's  record,  or  for  fur- 
ther action. 

932.  A  medical  officer,  charged  with  the  commission  of  an  offense,  need  not  be 
placed  in  arrest  until  the  court-martial  for  his  trial  convenes  if  the  service  would  be 
inconvenienced  thereby,  unless  the  charge  is  of  a  flagrant  character. 

933.  An  officer  in  arrest  will  not  wear  a  sword  nor  visit  officially  his  command- 
ing or.  other  superior  officer,  unless  directed  to  do  so.     His  applications  and  requests 
of  every  nature  will  be  made  in  writing. 

934.  On  the  march,  field  officers  and  noncommissioned  staff  officers  in  arrest 
will  follow  in  the  rear  of  their  respective  regiments,  and  company  officers  and  non- 
commissioned officers  in  arrest  in  rear  of  their  respective  companies,  unless  other- 
wise specially  directed. 

935.  Enlisted  men  against  whom  charges  have  been   preferred  will  be  desig- 
nated as  "awaiting  trial;"  enlisted  men  who  have  been  tried  will,  prior  to  the  pro- 
mulgation of  the  result,  be  designated  as  " awaiting  result  of  trial;"  enlisted  men 
serving  sentences  of  confinement,  not  involving  dishonorable  discharge,  will  be  des- 
ignated as  "garrison  prisoners;"  those  sentenced  to  dishonorable  discharge  and  to 
terms  of  confinement  in  penitentiaries  or  at  military  posts  will  be  designated '  as 
" general  prisoners." 

936.  Noncommissioned  officers  will  not  be  confined  at  the  guardhouse  in  com- 
pany with  privates,  except  in  aggravated  cases  or  where  escape  is  feared,  but  will  be 
placed  in  arrest  in  their  barracks  or  quarters. 

937.  Except  as  provided  in  the  twenty-fourth  Article  of  War,  or  when  restraint 
is  necessary,  no  soldier  will  be  confined  without  the  order  of  an  officer,  who  shall 
previously  inquire  into  his  offense. 

938.  The  arrest  or  confinement  of  an  enlisted  man  will,  as  soon  as  practicable, 
be  reported  to  his  company  or  detachment  commander  by  the  officer  authorizing 
the  arrest  or  confinement. 

939.  Prisoners  awaiting  trial  by,  or  undergoing  sentence  of,  general  court-martial 
and  those  confined  for  serious  offenses  will,  if  practicable,  be  kept  apart  from  those 
confined  by  sentence  of  an  inferior  court,  or  for  minor  offenses.     Enlisted  men  await- 
ing trial  or  awaiting  result  of  trial  will  not  be  sent  to  work  with  garrison  or  general 
prisoners  if  it  can  be  avoided,  and  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  commanding  officer, 
be  required  to  attend  drills,  or  sent  to  work  under  charge  of  a  sentinel,  during  the 
usual  working  hours.     General  prisoners  will  not  be  confined  with  other  prisoners 
except  in  cases  of  necessity. 

940.  Soldiers  against  whom  charges  may  be  preferred  for  trial  by  summary  court 
will  not  be  confined  in  the  guardhouse,  but  will  be  placed  in  arrest  in  quarters, 
before  and  during  trial  and  while  awaiting  sentence,  except  when  in  particular  cases 
restraint  may  be  necessary. 

941.  If  there  are  any  prisoners  with  no  record  of  charges  against  them,  the  old 
officer  of  the  day  will  report  that  fact  to  the  commanding  officer,  who  will  give  the 
necessary  instructions. 

942.  Prisoners  will  not  be  placed  in  irons  except  pursuant  to  sentence  of  a  court 
martial,  or  in  the  extraordinary  case  of  a  prisoner  who,  in  the  judgment  of  the  com- 
manding officer,  is  a  desperate  or  dangerous  character,  in  which  case  report  of  action 
and  the  circumstances  will  be  immediately  made  to  the  department  commander.     A 


MILITARY   PRISONERS . 


139 


prisoner  may  be  shackled  or  handcuffed  while  being  transported  from  one  post  to 
another,  or  from  a  post  to  a  penitentiary  when,  in  the  judgment  of  the  officer  in 
charge,  the  escape  of  the  prisoner  can  not  otherwise  be  prevented. 

943.  The  Secretary  of  War  will  designate  certain  posts  as  places  where  general 
prisoners  sentenced  to  confinement  for  six  months  or  more  shall  serve  their  sentences. 
Special  rules  and  regulations  will  be  promulgated  by  the  War  Department  to  govern 
the  enforcement  of  discipline,  the  methods  of  guarding,  and  the  treatment  of  these 
prisoners;  also  the  measure  of  labor  to  be  imposed  and  the  character  of  clothing  and 
diet  to  be  furnished  them. 

944.  The  commanding  officer  at  posts  where  general  prisoners  are  confined  will, 
on  the  last  day  of  every  month,  forward  to  the  War  Department  and  to  department 
headquarters  a  return  of  general  prisoners.     Blank  forms  for  this  return  will  be 
furnished  by  the  War  Department. 

945.  Prisoners  wTill  be  forwarded  from  places  of  trial  to  posts  at  which  they  are 
sentenced  to  serve  confinement  only  on  orders  of  department  commanders  or  higher 
authority.     The  strength  of  guards  to  accompany  them  will  be  limited  to  the  neces- 
sities of  safe  delivery.     Orders  detailing  guards  in  charge  of  military  prisoners  will 
provide  for  the  return  journey  of  the  guard  and  for  commutation  of  rations,  when  such 
commutation  is  necessary.     The  commanding  officer  of  a  post  from  which  a  prisoner 
is  transferred  will  send,  under  seal,  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  where  the 
sentence  of  confinement  is  to  be  executed  the  following  papers  in  his  case,  viz:  Dis- 
charge papers,  if  discharged,  descriptive  list,  orders  promulgating  and  modifying 
sentences,  statement  of  conduct  while  under  sentence  to  date  of  transfer,  and  a  list  of 
clothing  in  possession  of  the  prisoner  when  forwarded. 

946.  All  serviceable  clothing  which  belongs  to  a  prisoner,  and  his  blankets,  will 
accompany  him  to  the  post  designated  for  his  confinement,  and  will  be  fully  itemized 
011  the  clothing  list  mentioned  in  the  preceding  paragraph.     The  guard  in  charge  of 
the  prisoner  during  transfer  wrill  be  furnished  with  a  duplicate  of  this  list  and  will  be 
held  responsible  for  the  delivery  of  all  articles  itemized  therein,  with  the  prisoner. 
At  least  one  serviceable  woolen  blanket  will  be  sent  with  every  such  prisoner  so 
transferred. 

947.  The  personal  effects  of  military  prisoners  who  have  escaped  from  confine- 
ment, except  such  as  possess  some  special  value  as  keepsakes,  may  be  disposed  of  by 
sale  as  in  the  case  of  effects  of  deceased  soldiers,  and  the  proceeds  thereof,  together 
with  any  money  left  by  the  prisoner  in  the  hands  of  the  company  commander,  be 
turned  over  to  a  paymaster,  who  should  account  for  the  same  in  the  manner  provided 
for  paymasters'  collections.     The  officer  will  take  the  paymaster's  receipt  for  the 
amount  paid  him  and  forward  the  same  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department. 

948.  A  general  prisoner,  before  being  released  from  confinement  at  a  post,  will 
be  carefully  examined  and  a  record  of  all  marks,  scars,  and  physical  peculiarities 
made  by  a  medical  officer  on  the  outline  figure  card  used  in  the  examination  of 
recruits,  which  the  medical  officer  will  forward  direct  to  The  Military  Secretary  of 
the  Army. 

949.  General  prisoners  will  be  allowed,  in  abatement  of  their  terms  of  confine- 
ment, when  serving  sentences  of  over  three  months  and  not  over  twelve  months,  five 
days  for  each  complete  period  of  twenty-five  days  during  the  whole  of  which  their 
conduct  has  been  good;  and  when  serving  sentences  of  over  one  year  and  not  over 
three  years,  ten  days  for  each  complete  period  of  twenty  days  during  the  whole  of 
which  their  conduct  has  been  good. 

Abatements  thus  authorized  may  be  forfeited,  wholly  or  in  part,  by  subsequent 
misconduct.  Such  forfeitures  are  determined  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post 
where  the  prisoner  is  confined.  Abatement  for  good  conduct  in  serving  sentences  of 
confinement  of  over  three  years  will  not  be  less  than  on  sentences  of  less  than  three 
years,  but  each  case  will  be  determined  on  its  merits  by  the  department  commander. 


140  COURTS-MARTIAL WITNESSES. 

950.  The  power  to  pardon  or  mitigate  punishment  imposed  by  a  court-martial, 
vested  in  the  authority  which  confirms  the  proceedings  or  the  corresponding  authority 
under  whose  jurisdiction  the  sentence  is  being  executed,  extends  only  to  unexecuted 
portions  of  a  sentence.     The  fact  that  a  soldier  has  been  dishonorably  discharged 
through  his  sentence  does  not  affect  this  power.     An  application  for  clemency  in 
case  of  a  general  prisoner  sentenced  to  confinement  in  a  penitentiary  will  be  for- 
warded to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  action  of  the  President.     The  power  to  com- 
mute sentences  imposed  by  military  tribunals,  not  being  vested  in  military  com- 
manders, can  be  exercised  by  the  President  only. 

ARTICLE  LXXI. 

COURTS-MARTIAL. 

951.  The  order  appointing  a  court-martial  will  name  its  members  in  order  of 
rank,  and  they  will  sit  according  to  rank  as  announced.     A  decision  of  the  appoint- 
ing authority  as  to  the  number  that  can  be  assembled  without  injury  to  the  service 
is  conclusive. 

952.  The  place  of  holding  a  court  is  designated  by  the  authority  appointing  it. 
Courts  will  be  assembled  at  posts  or  stations  where  trial  or  examination  will  be 
attended  with  the  least  expense.     A  member  stationed  at  the  place  where  it  sits  is 
liable  to  duty  with  his  command  during  adjournment  from  day  to  day.     Courts  will, 
as  far  as  practicable,  hold  their  sessions  so  as  to  interfere  least  with  ordinary  routine 
duties. 

953.  A  president  of  the  court  will  not  be  announced.     The  officer  highest  in 
rank  present  will  act  as  president. 

954.  A  court-martial  has  no  power  to  punish  its  members;  but  for  disorderly 
conduct  a  member  is  liable  as  for  other  offenses  against  military  discipline.     Improper 
words  used  by  him  should  be  taken  down  in  writing,  and  any  disorderly  conduct 
reported  .to  the  appointing  authority. 

955.  When  a  court  sits  in  closed  session,  the  judge-advocate  will  withdraw,  and 
when  legal  advice  or  assistance  is  required  it  will  be  obtained  in  open  court. 

SUBPCENAS    TO    WITNESSES. 

956.  The  judge-advocate  will  summon  the  necessary  witnesses  for  the  trial,  but 
will  not  summon  witnesses  at  the  expense  of  the  Government  without  the  order  of 
the  court,  unless  satisfied  that  their  testimony  is  material  and  necessary.     A  subpoena 
may  be  served  by  any  person. 

957.  Judge-advocates  of  courts-martial  will,  whenever  it  is  possible,  send  sub- 
poenas through  military  channels. 

958.  An  officer  or  enlisted  man  who  receives  a  summons  to  attend  as  a  witness 
before  any  military  court,  board,  civil  court,  or  other  tribunal  competent  to  issue 
subpoenas,  which  is  sitting  beyond  the  limits  of  the  department  where  he  is  serving, 
will,  before  starting  to  obey  the  summons,  forward  it  through  the  proper  channel 
to  his  department  commander,  that  necessary  orders  or  authority  to  obey  a  civil 
process  may  be  given.     In  urgent  cases,  or  when  the  public  interest  would  be  liable 
to  suffer  by  delay,  a  post  commander  may  authorize  immediate  departure,  reporting 
his  action  and  the  reasons  therefor  to  the  department  commander. 

WRITS   OF   ATTACHMENT. 

959.  Judge-advocates  of  military  courts,  in  issuing  process  under  section  1202, 
Revised  Statutes,  to  compel  the  attendance,  as  witnesses,  of  persons  not  in  the  mili- 
tary service  in  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  in  which  the  court  sits,  will  formally 
direct  the  same  to  an  officer  designated  by  the  department  commander  to  execute  it. 
The  nearest  military  commander  will  furnish  the  necessary  military  force  for  the 
execution  of  the  process,  if  force  be  required. 


CHAEGES    AND   SPECIFICATIONS. 


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CHARGES    AND    SPECIFICATIONS. 

960.  Commanding  officers  are  not  required  to  bring  every  dereliction  of  duty 
before  a  court  for  trial,  but  will  endeavor  to  prevent  their  recurrence  by  admonitions, 
withholding  of  privileges,  and  taking  such  steps  as  may  be  necessary  to  enforce  their 
orders.     Company  commanders  are  authorized,  subject  to  the  control  of  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  post,  to  dispose  of  cases  of  derelictions  of  duty  in  their  com- 
mands which  would  be  within  the  jurisdiction  of  inferior  courts-martial,  by  requiring 
extra  tours  of  fatigue,  unless  the  soldier  concerned  demands  a  trial.     This  right  to 
demand  a  trial  must  be  made  known  to  him. 

961.  Charges  against  an  enlisted  man  forwarded  to  the  authority  competent  to 
appoint  a  general  court  for  his  trial  will  be  accompanied  by  a  statement  in  the  pre- 
scribed form,  setting  forth  the  dates  of  his  present  and  former  enlistments,  the  charac- 
ter upon  each  of  the  discharges  given  him,  and  the  date  of  his  confinement  for  the 
offenses  alleged  in  the  charges.     Charges  forwarded  to  the  authority  competent 
to  order  a  general  court-martial  must  be  accompanied  by  the  proper  evidence  of 
previous  convictions. 

962.  Before  forwarding  charges  they  will  be  carefully  investigated  by  the  com- 
manding officer,  or  an  officer  designated  by  him,  other  than  the  officer  preferring 
the  charges,  and  in  forwarding  the  charges  the  name  of  the  officer  making  the  inves- 
tigation will  be  noted  in  the  commanding  officer's  indorsement.     The  commanding 
officer  will  state  in  his  indorsement  whether  or  not,  in  his  opinion,  the  charges  can 
be  sustained.     Before  referring  to  summary  courts  charges  for  which  the  maximum 
limit  of  punishment  that  may  be  awarded  is  greater  than  one  month's  forfeiture 
and  confinement,  commanding  officers  will  cause  the  accused  to  sign  a  statement  on 
the  original  charges  as  to  whether  or  not  he  consents  to  trial  by  summary  court.     A 
note  of  this  statement  in  each  case  will  also  be  entered  on  the  record  of  the  summary 
court  and  on  the  monthly  report  of  trials  by  such  court. 

963.  Charges  submitted  for  trial  by  a  summary  court  should  be  accompanied  by 
evidence  of  previous  convictions,  to  be  furnished  when  practicable  by  the  officer  pre- 
ferring the  charges;  or,  if  the  evidence  is  contained  in  the  summary  court  record,  a 
reference  to  it  will  be  sufficient.     If  this  evidence  is  not  submitted  or  cited,  the  sum- 
mary court  may  take  judicial  notice  of  any  such  evidence  which  that  record  contains. 
Charges  submitted  to  a  garrison  or  regimental  court-martial  must  fye  accompanied  by 
the  proper  evidence  of  previous  convictions. 

964.  The  charges  preferred  for  offenses  cognizable  by  inferior  courts  will  be  laid 
before  the  proper  commander,  who,  if  he  thinks  that  the  accused  should  be  tried, 
will  cause  him  to  be  brought  before  the  summary  court,  where  he  will  be  arraigned 
and  allowed  to  plead  according  to  prevailing  court-martial  practice.     If  the  accused 
neither  holds  a  certificate  of  eligibility  to  promotion,  nor  (being  a  noncommissioned 
officer)  objects  to  trial  by  summary  court,  nor  pleads  guilty,  witnesses  will  be  sworn 
and  evidence  received,  the  accused  being  permitted  to  testify  in  his  own  behalf  and 
make  a  statement;  but  the  evidence  and  statement  will  not  be  recorded.     The  sum- 
mary court  as  soon  as  trial  is  concluded  will  record  its  findings  and  sentence  in  the 
summary  court  record  and  submit  it  to  the  officer  appointing  the  court,  who  will 
record  therein  his  approval  or  disapproval,  in  part  or  in  whole,  with  date  and  signa- 
ture.    Should  the  only  officer  present  with  the  command  sit  as  summary  court,  the 
findings  and  sentence  will  be  recorded  in  like  manner.     No  other  record  of  the  pro- 
ceedings will  be  kept  and  such  trials  will  not  be  published  in  orders.     Post  com- 
manders will  furnish  company  and  other  commanders  with  copies  of  the  summary 
court  record  relating  to  men  of  their  commands,  said  copies  to  be  certified  to  be  true 
copies  by  the  post  commander  or  adjutant. 

965.  When  the  only  officer  present  with  a  command  sits  as  summary  court,  no 
approval  of  the  sentence  is  required  by  law,  but  he  should  sign  the  sentence  as  such 
officer  and  date  his  signature. 


142  TEIALS SENTENCES. 

966.  Noncommissioned  officers  will  not,  if  they  object  thereto,  be  brought  to 
trial  before  regimental,  garrison,  or  summary  courts-martial  without  the  authority 
of  the  officer  competent  to  order  their  trial  by  general  court-martial;  nor  will  post 
noncommissioned  staff  officers  or  sergeants  first-class  hospital  corps  be  reduced,  but 
they  may  be  dishonorably  discharged  whenever  reduction  is  included  in  the  limit 
of  punishment. 

967.  The  summary  court  will  be  opened  at  a  stated  hour  every  day  except 
Sunday  for  the  trial  of  such  cases  as  may  properly  be  brought  before  it.     Trials  will 
be  had  on  Sunday  only  when  the  exigencies  of  the  service  make  it  necessary.     The 
commanding  officer,  and  not  the  court,  will  determine  when  and  what  cases  shall  be 
brought  before  it.     Delay  in  the  trial  of  a  soldier  by  summary  court  does  not  invali- 
date the  proceedings,  but  may  be  considered  by  the  court  in  awarding  sentence. 

968.  Whenever  under  the  summary  court  act  or  the  eighty-third  article  of  war  it 
becomes  necessary  to  convene  a  garrison  or  regimental  court,  the  order  appointing  it 
will  state  the  facts  which  bring  the  cases  to  be  tried  within  the  exceptions  of  those 
laws. 

.  TRIALS. 

969.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  post  where  a  general  court-martial  is  convened 
will,  at  the  request  of  any  prisoner  who  is  to  be  arraigned,  detail  as  counsel  for  his 
defense  a  suitable  officer.     If  there  be  no  such  officer  available,  the  fact  will  be 
reported  to  the  appointing  authority  for  action.    An  officer  so  detailed  should  perform 
such  duties  as  usually  devolve  upon  counsel  for  defendant  before  civil  courts  in  crim- 
inal cases.     As  such  counsel  he  should  guard  the  interests  of  the  prisoner  by  all 
honorable  and  legitimate  means  known  to  the  law,  so  far  as  they  are  not  incon- 
sistent with  military  relations. 

970.  Whenever  a  soldier  is  convicted  of  an  offense  for  which  a  discretionary 
punishment  is  authorized  the  court  will  receive  evidence  of  previous  convictions,  if 
there  be  any;  such  evidence  being  limited,  except  in  the  case  of  desertion,  to  pre- 
vious convictions  by  courts-martial  of  any  offense  or  offenses  within  one  year  pre- 
ceding the  arraignment  and  during  the  current  enlistment.     General,  regimental,  and 
garrison  courts-martial  will,  after  a  finding  of  guilty,  be  opened  for  the  purpose  of 
ascertaining  whether  there  is  such  evidence,  and,  if  so,  of  receiving  it.     Previous 
convictions  by  courts-martial  must  be  proved  by  the  records  of  previous  trials  and 
convictions,  or  by  duly  authenticated  copies  of  such  records,  or  by  duly  authenti- 
cated copies  of  the  orders  promulgating  such  trials.     General  courts-martial  will  con- 
sider only  such  evidence  of  previous  convictions  as  is  referred  to  them  by  the  con- 
vening authority.     The  proper  evidence  of  previous  convictions  by  summary  court  is 
the  copy  of  a  summary  court  record  furnished  to  company  and  other  commanders, 
as  required  by  paragraph  964,  or  one  furnished  for  the  purpose,  and  certified  to  be  a 
true  copy  by  the  post  commander  or  adjutant.     When  the  proof  produced  is  the 
copy  furnished  to  the  company  or  other  commander,  it  will  be  returned  to  him 
and  a  copy  of  it  attached  to  the  record  of  the  general,  regimental,  or  garrison  court- 
martial  trying  the  case. 

SENTENCES. 

971.  Whenever  by  any  of  the  Articles  of  War  punishment  is  left  to  the  discre- 
tion of  the  court,  it  shall  not,  in  time  of  peace,  be  in  excess  of  a  limit  which  the 
President  may  prescribe.     The  limits  so  prescribed  are  set  forth  in  the  Manual  for 
Courts-Martial,  published  by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

972.  Sentences  imposing  tours  of  guard  duty  are  forbidden. 

973.  When  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial  prescribes  imprisonment,  the  court 
will  state  therein  whether  the  prisoner  shall  be  confined  in  a  penitentiary  or  in  some 
place  under  military  jurisdiction,  being  guided  in  its  determination  by  the  ninety- 


SENTENCES.  143 

seventh  Article  of  War.  Where  from  any  cause  there  is  a  doubt  in  the  mind  of 
the  court  whether  the  offense  is  punishable  by  penitentiary  confinement,  such 
words  as  "in  such  place  as  the  reviewing  authority  may  direct  "  will  be  used  in  the 
sentence. 

974.  General  courts-martial  may  sentence  soldiers  to  confinement  in  a  peniten- 
tiary for  offenses  which  are  thus  punishable  by  some  statute  of  the  United  States  or 
by  a  statute  or  the  common  law  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  in  which  the 
offenses  are  committed.     Department  commanders  will  designate  the  United  States 
Penitentiary  at  Fort  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  as  the  place  of  such  execution  of  sentence, 
in  cases  in  which  the  term  of  confinement  imposed  is  more  than  one  year.     If  any 
State  or  Territory  within  a  military  department  has  made  provision  by  law  for  the 
confinement  of  such  prisoners  in  its  penitentiaries,  the  department  commander,  with 
the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  may  designate  one  as  the  place  of  execution 
of  sentence. 

975.  When  the  court  has  sentenced  a  prisoner  to  confinement  at  a  post,  no  power 
is  competent  to  increase  the  punishment  by  designating  a  penitentiary  as  the  place 
of  confinement. 

976.  When  a  sentence  of  confinement  or  forfeiture  is  in  excess  of  the  legal  limit, 
the  part  within  the  limit  is  legal  and  may  be  executed. 

977.  When  the  date  for  the  commencement  of  a  term  of  confinement  imposed 
by  sentence  of  a  court-martial  is  not  expressly  fixed  by  the  sentence,  the  term  of 
confinement  begins  on  the  date  of  the  order  promulgating  it.     The  sentence  is  con- 
tinuous until  the  term  expires,  except  when  the  person  sentenced  is  absent  without 
authority. 

978.  The  order  promulgating  the  proceedings  of  a  court  and  the  action  of  the 
reviewing  authority  will,  when  practicable,  be  of  the  same  date.     When  this  is  not 
practicable,  the  order  will  give  the  date  of  the  action  of  the  reviewing  authority  as 
the  date  of  the  beginning  of  the  sentence.     This  does  not  apply  to  sentences  of 
forfeiture  of  all  pay  and  allowances.     A  soldier  awaiting  result  of  trial  will  not  be 
paid  before  the  result  is  known. 

979.  The  authority  which  has  designated  the  place  of  confinement,  or  higher 
authority,  may  change  the  place  of  confinement  of  any  prisoner  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  such  authority. 

9§O.  A  sentence  to  confinement,  with  or  without  forfeiture  of  pay,  can  not  become 
operative  prior  to  the  date  of  confirmation.  If  it  be  proper  to  take  into  considera- 
tion the  length  of  confinement  to  which  the  prisoner  has  been  subjected  previous  to 
such  confirmation,  it  may  be  done  by  mitigation  of  sentence. 

981.  When  soldiers  awaiting  result  of  trial  or  undergoing  sentence  commit 
offenses  for  which  they  are  tried,  the  second  sentence  will  be  executed  upon  the 

.  expiration  of  the  first. 

982.  A  sentence  adjudging  a  dishonorable  discharge,  to  take  effect  at  such  period 
during  a  term  of  confinement  as  may  be  designated  by  the  reviewing  authority,  is 
illegal. 

983.  The  time  at  which  a  dishonorable  discharge  is  to  take  effect,  as  fixed  by  a 
sentence,  can  not  be  postponed  by  the  reviewing  officer. 

984.  When  a  sentence  imposes  forfeiture  of  pay,  or  of  a  stated  portion  thereof, 
for  a  certain  number  of  months,  it  stops  for  each  of  those  months  the  amount  stated. 
Thus:  "Ten  dollars  of  monthly  pay  for  one  year"  would  be  a  stoppage  of  $120.    When 
the  sentence  is  silent  as  to  the  date  of  commencement  of  forfeiture  of  pay,  the  forfeit- 
ure will  begin  at  the  date  of  promulgation  of  the  sentence  in  orders,  and  will  not 
apply  to  pay  which  accrued  previous  to  that  date. 

985.  An  order  remitting  a  forfeiture  of  pay  operates  only  on  the  pay  to  become 
due  subsequent  to  the  date  of  the  order. 


144  THE    EECOED REPORTERS. 

986.  Notwithstanding  a  sentence  contemplates  payment  of  a  stated  sum  to  a  sol- 
dier upon  his  release  from  confinement,  it  can  not  be  made  unless  there  is  a  sufficient 
balance  to  his  credit  after  all  authorized  stoppages  are  deducted. 

THE   RECORD. 

987.  Every  court-martial  shall  keep  a  complete  and  accurate  record  of  its  pro- 
ceedings, which  will  be  authenticated,  in  each  case,  by  the  signatures  of  the  president 
and  judge-advocate.     Whenever,  by  reason  of  the  death  or  disability  of  the  judge- 
advocate  occurring  after  the  court  has  decided  on  the  sentence,  the  record  can  not  be 
authenticated  by  his  signature,  it  must  show  that  it  has  been  formally  approved  by 
the  court  and  must  be  authenticated  by  the  signature  of  the  president.     The  judge- 
advocate  should  affix 'his  signature  to  each  day's  proceedings.     Testimony  taken 
before  regimental  or  garrison  courts-martial  will  not  be  reduced  to  writing. 

988.  When  records  of  trial  by  general  courts-martial  are  written  on  the  type- 
writer the  copyable  ribbon  will  be  used  when  practicable,  as  this  will  save  labor  in 
making  the  copies  required  to  be  furnished  under  the  one  hundred  and  fourteenth 
Article  of  War. 

989.  The  judge-advocate  will  transmit  the  proceedings  without  delay  to  the  officer 
having  authority  to  confirm  the  sentence,  who  will  state  at  the  end  of  the  proceed- 
ings in  each  case  his  decision  and  orders. 

990.  The  complete  proceedings  of  a  garrison  or  regimental  court  will  be  trans- 
mitted without  delay  by  the  post  or  regimental  commander  to  department  head- 
quarters. 

991.  When  the  record  of  a  court  exhibits  error  in  preparation,  or  seemingly 
erroneous  conclusions,  the  reviewing  authority  may  reconvene  the  court  for  a  recon- 
sideration of  its  action,  pointing  out  defects.     Should  the  court  concur  in  the  views 
submitted,  it  will  proceed  by  amendment  to  correct  its  error,  and  may  modify  or 
completely  change  its  findings.     A  reopening  of  the  case,  by  calling  or  recalling 
witnesses,  is  illegal. 

992.  Proceedings  of  courts-martial  in  cases  of  officers  and  in  important  cases  of 
enlisted  men  will  be  published  in  general  orders  issued  from  the  War  Department, 
division  or  department  headquarters;  and,  in  cases  of  enlisted  men  that  are  not  of 
general  interest  or  importance,  in  special  orders  in  form  as  follows: 

Private ,  Company , th  Regiment  of ,  having  been  tried  by  a  general  court- 
martial  convened  at ,  and  found  guilty  of ,  in  violation  of  the Article  of  War,  was 

sentenced  "  To  be — ."    The  sentence  is  approved  and  will  be  duly  executed.    The  prisoner 

will  be . 

993.  Commanders  of  divisions  or  separate  brigades  convening  general  courts- 
martial  pursuant  to  the  seventy-third  Article  of  War,  or  acting  as  reviewing  author-: 
ity  on  proceedings  thereof,  will  forward  the  same  to  the  Judge- Advocate-General  of 
the  Army  through  their  respective  corps  commanders.     If  errors  are  found  in  the 
proceedings  demanding  it,  the  corps  commander  may  return  them  to  the  reviewing 
authority  for  any  necessary  action  before  forwarding  them  to  the  Judge-Advocate- 
General  of  the  Army. 

REPORTERS,  CLERKS,  INTERPRETERS. 

994.  The  employment  of  a  stenographic  reporter,  under  section  1203,  Revised 
Statutes,  is  authorized  for  general  courts  only,  and  in  cases  where  the  convening 
authority  considers  it  necessary.     The  commanding  officer  will,  when  necessary, 
detail  an  enlisted  man  to  assist  the  judge-advocate  of  a  general  court  in  preparing  the 
record. 

995.  When  a  reporter  is  employed  under  section  1203,  Revised  Statutes,  he  shall 


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be  paid,  upon  the  certificate  of  the  judge-advocate,  not  to  exceed  $1  an  hour  for  the 
time  occupied  in  court  by  himself  or  a  competent  assistant  necessarily  employed  for 
him  by  the  judge-advocate,  and  15  cents  per  100  words  for  the  first  and  5  cents  per 
100  words  for  each  additional  copy  of  the  transcript  of  notes  and  of  exhibits  copied; 
and  in  case  the  court  is  held  more  than  10  miles  from  the  place  of  employment  of 
himself  and  assistants  they  shall  each  be  allowed  mileage  over  the  shortest  usually 
traveled  route  at  the  rate  of  8  cents  per  mile  going  to  the  place  of  holding  the  court 
and  $3  a  day  for  expenses  while  necessarily  kept  by  the  judge-advocate  away  from 
the  place  of  employment.  Reporters  are  employed  by  the  judge-advocate  and  are 
paid  by  the  Pay  Department,  at  the  rates  herein  named,  upon  the  certificate  of  the 
judge-advocate  that  the  services  charged  for  have  been  rendered. 

996.  No  person  in  the  military  or  civil  service  of  the  Government  can  lawfully 
receive  extra  compensation  for  clerical  duties  performed  for  a  military  court. 

997.  Interpreters  to  courts-martial  are  paid  by  the  Pay  Department  upon  the 
certificate  of  the  judge-advocate  that  they  were  employed  by  order  of  the  court. 
They  will  be  allowed  the  pay  and  allowances  of  civilian  witnesses. 

ARTICLE   L.XXII. 

CIVILIAN  WITNESSES. 

998.  Civilians  in  the  employ  of  the  Government  when  traveling  upon  summons 
as  witnesses  before  military  courts  are  entitled  to  transportation  in  kind  from  their 
place  of  residence  to  the  place  where  the  court  is  in  session  and  return.     If  no 
transportation  be  furnished  they  are  entitled  to  reimbursement  of  the  cost  of  travel 
actually  performed  by  the  shortest  usually  traveled  route,  including  transfers  to  and 
from  railway  stations,  at  rates  not  exceeding  50  cents  for  each  transfer,  and  the  cost 
of  a  double  berth  in  a  sleeping  car  or  steamer  when  an  extra  charge  is  made  there- 
for.    They  are  also  entitled  to  reimbursement  of  the  actual  cost  of  meals  and  rooms 
at  a  rate  not  exceeding  $3  per  day  for  each  day  actually  and  unavoidably  consumed 
in  travel  or  in  attendance  upon  the  court  under  the  order  or  summons.     No  allow- 
ance will  be  made  to  them  when  attendance  upon  court  does  not  require  them  to 
leave  their  stations. 

999.  A  civilian  not  in  Government  employ  duly  summoned  to  appear  as  a  wit- 
ness before  a  military  court  will  receive  $1.50  per  day  for  each  day  actually  in  attend- 
ance upon  the  court,  and  5  cents  a  mile  for  going  from  his  place  of  residence  to  the 
place  of  trial  or  hearing,  and  5  cents  a  mile  for  returning  ;  but  in  Wyoming,  Mon- 
tana, Washington,  Oregon,  California,  Utah,  New  Mexico,  Arizona,  and  Porto  Rico 
he  will  be  paid  15  cents  for  each  mile  necessarily  traveled  over  any  stage  line  or  by 
private  conveyance,  and  in  Porto  Rico  10  cents  for  each  mile  over  any  railway,  in 
such  travel. 

1000.  In  case  a  civilian  witness  duly  subpoenaed  before  a  general  court-martial 
refuses  to  appear  or  qualify  as  a  witness,  or  to  testify  or  produce  documentary  evi- 
dence, as  required  by  law,  he  will  at  once  be  tendered  or  paid  by  the  nearest  pay- 
master one  day's  fee  and  mileage  for  the  journeys  to  and  from  the  court,  and  will 
thereupon  be  again  called  upon  to  comply  with  the  requirements  of  law.     The  fees 
and  mileage  of  civilian  witnesses  residing  beyond  the  limits  of  the  State,  District,  or 
Territory  in  which  the  court-martial  is  held  will  not  be  paid  in  advance,  as  such  wit- 
nesses can  not  be  punished  if  they  refuse  to  obey  the  summons.     Civilian  witnesses 
will  be  paid  by  the  Pay  Department. 

1001.  The  charges  for  return  journeys  of  witnesses  will  be  made  upon  the  basis 
of  the  actual  charges  allowed  for  travel  to  the  court,  and  the  entire  account  thus 

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146  WITNESSES — CIVIL    COUNSEL HABEAS    COEPUS. 

completed  will  be  paid  upon  discharge  from  attendance  without  waiting  for  comple- 
tion of  return  travel. 

1002.  The  items  of  expenditure  authorized  in  paragraphs  998  and  999  will  be 
set  forth  in  detail  and  made  a  part  of  each  voucher  for  reimbursement.     No  other 
items  will  be  allowed.     The  correctness  of  the  items  will  be  attested  by  the  affidavit 
of  the  witness,  to  be  made,  when  practicable,  before  the  judge-advocate.     The  cer- 
tificate of  the  judge-advocate  will  be  evidence  of  the  fact  and  period  of  attendance, 
and  will  be  made  upon  the  voucher. 

1003.  Compensation  to  civilians  in  or  out  of  Government  employ  for  attendance 
upon  civil  courts  is  payable  by  the  civil  authorities. 

ARTICLE  LXXIII. 

EMPLOYMENT  OF  CIVIL  COUNSEL — HABEAS  CORPUS. 

1004.  The  employment  of  counsel  at  the  expense  of  the  United  States  is  under 
the  direction  of  the  Department  of  Justice. 

1005.  When  a  necessity  arises  for  an  attorney  or  counselor  to  defend  or  advise 
officers  and  others  connected  with  the  military  service  in  cases  connected  with  their 
public  duties,  request,  with  report  of  the  facts,  will  be  made  to  The  Military  Secre- 
tary of  the  Army  through  the  regular  military  channels,  but  in  cases  which  will  not 
admit  of  delay  the  request  may  be  sent  direct.     The  Military  Secretary  will  promptly 
submit  all  such  requests  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  reference  to  the  Department 
of  Justice.     Officers,  and  others  in  the  military  service  employing  an  attorney  or 
counselor  without  being  specially  authorized  to  do  so  will  be  required  to  pay  the 
expenses  attendant  upon  such  employment. 

1006.  Officers  will  make  respectful   returns,  in  writing,  to  all  writs  of  habeas 
corpus  served  on  them.     When  the  writ  is  issued  by  a  State  court  or  judge,  and  the 
person  held  by  the  army  officer  is  a  civilian  who  has  been  apprehended  under  a 
warrant  of  attachment  to  be  taken  before  a  court-martial  to  testify  as  a  witness,  the 
officer  will  not  produce  the  body,  but  will,  by  his  return,  set  forth  fully  the  authority 
by  which  he  holds  the  person  and  allege  that  the  State  authority  is  without  jurisdic- 
tion to  issue  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus,  and  ask  to  have  the  same  dismissed.     He 
will  also  exhibit  to  the  court  or  officer  issuing  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus  the  warrant 
of  attachment  and  the  subpoena  (and  the  proof  of  the  service  of  the  subprena)  on 
which  the  warrant  of  attachment  was  based,  and  also  a  certified  copy  of  the  order 
convening  the  court-martial  before  which  he  had  been  commanded  to  take  the  person. 

1OOT.  Should  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus  issued  by  a  State  court  or  judge  be  served 
upon  an  army  officer,  commanding  him  to  produce  an  enlisted  man  or  general  pris- 
oner, and  show  cause  for  his  detention,  the  officer  will  decline  to  produce  in  court  the 
body  of  the  person  named  in  the  writ,  but  will  make  respectful  return  in  writing  to 
the  effect  that  the  man  is  a  duly  enlisted  soldier  of  the  United  States  or  a  general 
prisoner  under  sentence  of  court-martial,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  that  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United  States  has  decided  that  a  magistrate  or  court  of  a  State  has  no 
jurisdiction  in  such  a  case. 

1OO8.  A  writ  of  habeas  corpus  issued  by  a  United  States  court  or  judge  will  be 
promptly  obeyed.  The  person  alleged  to  be  illegally  restrained  of  his  liberty  will 
be  taken  before  the  court  from  which  the  writ  has  issued,  and  a  return  made  setting 
forth  the  reasons  for  his  restraint.  The  officer  upon  whom  such  a  writ  is  served  will 
at  once  report  the  fact  of  such  service,  by  telegraph,  direct  to  The  Military  Secretary 
of  the  Army  and  the  commanding  general  of  the  department. 


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ARTICLE  L.XXIV. 

QUARTERMASTER'S  DEPARTMENT. 

NOTE. — Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  prepared  and  pub- 
lished under  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the  Quartermaster- 
General.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature  or  affect  other 
branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL   DUTIES. 

Cl,OO9.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  providing 
means  of  transportation  of  every  character,  either  under  contract  or  in  kind,  which 
may  be  needed  in  the  movement  of  troops  and  material  of  war.  It  furnishes  all 
public  animals  employed  in  the  service  of  the  Army,  the  forage  consumed  by  them, 
wagons  and  all  articles  necessary  for  their  use,  and  the  horse  equipments  for  the 
Quartermaster's  Department.  It  furnishes  clothing,  camp  and  garrison  equipage, 
barracks,  storehouses,  and  other  buildings;  constructs  and  repairs  roads,  railways, 
bridges;  builds  and  charters  ships,  boats,  docks,  and  wharves  needed  for  military 
purposes,  and  attends  to  all  matters  connected  with  military  operations  which  are 
not  expressly  assigned  to  some  other  bureau  of  the  War  Department^ 

1010.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  transports  to  the  place  oFissue  and  pro- 
vides storehouses  for  the  preservation  of  stores  supplied  for  the  Army  by  other 
departments. 

1011.  General  depots  for  the  collection,  manufacture,  and  preservation  of  quar- 
termaster stores,  until  required  for  distribution,  are  under  the  immediate  control  of 
the  Quartermaster-General. 

1012.  The  Quartermaster-General  will  announce  from  time  to  time  the  depots 
from  which  requisitions  from  departments  for  quartermaster  supplies — issuable  under 
Army  Regulations — will  be  filled. 

The  commanding  officer  of  the  depots  so  designated  will  fill,  as  soon  as  possible 
after  their  receipt,  all  requisitions  approved  by  competent  authority. 

1013.  Department  commanders  will  take  final  action  on  all  requisitions  for  sup- 
plies furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  issuable  under  Army  Regulations 
or  general  orders,  and  send  them  for  supply  to  the  depots  designated  by  the  Quarter- 
master-General . 

1014.  Requisitions  for  quartermaster  supplies,  not  covered  by  Army  Regulations 
or  general  orders,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General  for  his  action. 

1015.  Department  commanders  will  take  final  action  upon  all  extra  issues  of 
fuel  and  kerosene  oil. 

1016.  Emergency  purchases  of  quartermaster  stores  payable  from  appropriations 
for  incidental  expenses,  army  transportation,  and  regular  supplies,  not  exceeding 
$200  in  any  one  case,  may  be  made  under  the  authority  of  the  department  com- 
mander, but  purchases  under  this  authority  should  be  avoided  as  much  as  possible 
by  timely  requisitions. 

1017.  Officers  serving  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department  will  make  monthly 
estimates  for  funds,  unless  otherwise  authorized,  and  only  for  such  amounts  as  are 
required  for  payments  of  accounts  within  the  periods  estimated  for.     Estimates  will 
show  in  detail  the  amounts  required  to  cover  all  authorized  expenditures  and  the 
purposes  for  which  needed.     Quartermasters  will  submit  their  estimates  to  their 
immediate  commanding  officers,  who,  after  action  thereon,  will  forward  them  to  the 
adjutant-general  of  the  department;  he  will  refer  them  to  the  chief  quartermaster, 
who,  after  consideration  and  revision,  will  consolidate  and  submit  them  to  the 
department  commander  for  approval;  thereafter  the  chief  quartermaster  will  for- 
ward them  to  the  Quartermaster-General.     Quartermasters  at  general  depots  and 
independent  posts  will  forward  estimates  of  funds  to  the  Quartermaster-General 
direct. 


148  BARRACKS  AND  QUARTERS. 

BARRACKS    AND    QUARTERS. 

1O1§.  When  buildings  are  about  to  be  occupied,  allotted,  or  vacated,  an  inspec- 
tion of  them  will  be  made  by  the  quartermaster,  who  will  make  and  file  a  statement 
of  their  condition,  reporting  to  the  commanding  officer  any  damage  apparently  due 
to  carelessness  or  neglect.  Damages  will  be  promptly  repaired  if  possible. 

1019.  Neglect  by  any  officer  or  soldier  to  take  proper  care  of  rooms  or  furniture 
used  by  him  is  a  military  offense.     In  case  of  damage,  such  officer  or  soldier  may  be 
allowed  to  pay  cost  of  necessary  repairs  if  the  commanding  officer  deem  such  pay- 
ment sufficient.     Commanding  officers  wTill  report,  through  prescribed  channels,  to 
the  War  Department  their  proceedings  in  all  cases  under  this  regulation. 

1020.  An  annual  inspection  of  all  public  buildings  at  every  post  will  be  made 
prior  to  March  1  by  the  commanding  officer  and  quartermaster,  after  which  the 
quartermaster  will  prepare  a  report  upon  the  form  prescribed  for  that  purpose,  giv- 
ing a  description  of  each  building  and  its -condition  and  capacity,  the  character  and 
extent  of  any  additions,  alterations  and  repairs  made  upon  it  during  the  preceding 
year,  and  cost  of  same;  the  repairs  needed,-  with  estimates  therefor. 

If  new  buildings  are  required,  the  necessity  will  be  fully  stated,  and,  if  authorized 
by  the  War  Department,  plans  and  specifications  will  be  prepared  in  the  Quarter- 
master-General's Office. 

The  commanding  officer  will  carefully  examine  the  report  and  estimates  and  for- 
ward them,  with  the  expression  of  his  views,  to  the  department  commander  on 
March  1. 

In  the  spring,  as  soon  as  possible  after  the  fires  are  out  for  the  season,  the  quarter- 
master will  inspect,  with  a  view  of  preparing  the  annual  estimates  for  repairs  thereto, 
the  steam,  hot  air  and  hot  water  heating  systems.  The  estimates  will  be  submitted 
immediately  thereafter. 

Estimates  for  heating,  plumbing,  and  wrater  supply  will  be  made  separately. 

1021.  As  soon  as  practicable  after  the  passage  of  the  annual  appropriation  act 
for  the  support  of  the  Army  each  department  commander  will  be  informed  of  the 
amount  allotted  to  his  department  from  the  appropriation  for  repairs  to  barracks 
and  quarters  for  the  fiscal  year  to  which  the  allotment  pertains. 

1022.  The  department  commander  will  take  final  action  upon  all  annual  esti- 
mates for  repairs  to  public  buildings,  payable  from  the  appropriation  for  barracks 
and  quarters,  made  under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  1020,  and  also  upon  all  special 
estimates  for  repairs  to  public  buildings  in  his  department,  payable  from  the  same 
appropriation,- where  the  amount  involved  in  any  one  estimate  does  not  exceed  $200, 
provided  the  amount  allotted  to  his  department  for  the  fiscal  year  is  not  exceeded 
thereby. 

1023.  The  department  commander  in  making  allotments  for  repairs  to  the  vari- 
ous posts  in  his  department  will  specify  the  amount  approved  for  each  building.    He 
wTill  limit  his  action  to  repairs  and  will  not  take  final  action  upon  alterations  or  addi- 
tions to  buildings. 

1024.  After  the  allotments  to  posts  have  been  made  by  the  department  com- 
mander, one  copy  of  the  annual  inspection  report,  with  final  action  noted,  will,  as 
soon  as  practicable,  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 

1025.  Expenditures  for  necessary  repairs,  not  to,  exceed  $200  in  any  one  case, 
for  the  purchase  of  material  and  for  the  temporary  employment  of  labor  may,  with 
the  approval  of  the  department  commander,  be  made  by  the  chief  quartermaster  of 
a  department.     Employment  of  labor  under  this  authority  will  be  only  for  the  job, 
and  no  skilled  laborer  or  person  in  trades  positions  will  be  employed  for  a  period 
exceeding  three  months. 

These  expenditures  will  be  made  from  funds  appropriated  by  Congress  for  the 


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fiscal  year  in  which  made  under  the  heads  of  "Regular  Supplies,"  "Transportation 
of  the  Army,"  and  "Barracks  and  Quarters." 

The  expenditures  from  the  appropriation  for  "Barracks  and  Quarters"  authorized 
in  this  paragraph  are  in  addition  to  those  authorized  in  paragraph  1022,  and  will  be 
limited  to  emergency  repairs  due  to  damages  from  fire  or  storm. 

Report  covering  all  such  expenditures, and  the  necessity  therefor,  with  the  approval 
of  the  department  commander,  will  be  made  to  the  Quartermaster-General  promptly 
at  the  end  of  each  month.  The  Quartermaster-General  will,  upon  receipt  of  this 
report  and  proper  estimate  of  funds,  supply  to  the  chief  quartermaster  of  the  depart- 
ment the  amounts  so  expended. 

1026.  When  private  buildings  occupied  as  barracks  or  quarters,  or  lands  occu- 
pied as  encampments  are  vacated,  the  commanding  officer  and  quartermaster  will 
make  an  inspection  of  them,  and  the  latter  will  report,  through  the  prescribed  chan- 
nel, to  the  Quartermaster-General,  their  condition  and  any  injury  which  has  resulted 
to  them  by  reason  of  such  occupancy. 

1027.  All  public  buildings  at  a  post  will  be  numbered  and  thereafter  each  new 
building  will  be  given  its  proper  numerical  designation.     The  number  originally 
given  a  building  will  be  retained  and  entered  by  the  quartermaster  as  a  permanent 
record,  and  will  not  be  altered  to  correspond  with  the  post  directory  or  to  conform 
to  changes  therein.     Against  each  building  will  be  charged  all  expenditures  made 
thereon,  noting  sums  authorized,  authority  therefor,  and  amounts  actually  expended. 
All  expenditures  made  for  the  erection  of  new  buildings  and  for  additions,  altera- 
tions, or  repairs,  will  be  so  entered  as  to  accurately  exhibit  the  cost  of  each  building 
to  date. 

1O2§.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  in  all  permanent  barracks  a 
box  locker  for  each  enlisted  man  for  his  uniform  and  extra  clothing.  Each  man  will 
provide  his  own  lock. 

1029.  Barracks  will  be  supplied  with  chairs,  at  a  rate  not  exceeding  one  for  each 
noncommissioned  officer  and  one  for  every  two  of  the  other  enlisted  men  quartered 
there.     Cuspidors,  with  suitable  mats  on  which  to  place  them,  will  be  supplied  in 
all  barracks  and  other  buildings  occupied  or  used  by  enlisted  men. 

1030.  China  and  glassware  belonging  to  mess  outfits,  bunks,  mattresses,  pillows, 
benches,  chairs,  tables,  and  other  articles  of  furniture  provided  for  soldiers'  barracks, 
will  not  be  removed  therefrom  without  the  order  of  the  post  commander,  nor  will 
they  be  removed  from  a  post  or  station  except  by  order  of  the  War  Department. 
Box  lockers,  mattress  covers,  pillowcases,  bed  sheets,  and  barrack  bags  should  be 
transported  in  all  changes  of  station,  but  will  not  be  taken  into  the  field. 

ALLOWANCE   AND   ASSIGNMENT   OF   QUARTERS. 

1031.  At  each  post  and  station  where  there  are  public  quarters  in  buildings 
belonging  to  the  United  States,  the  quartermaster,  under  direction  of  the  command- 
ing officer,  will  allot  to  each  officer  the  quarters  to  which  his  rank  entitles  him. 

1032.  At  all  posts  where,  in  the  opinion  of  the  department  commander,  the  bar- 
racks and  quarters  are  sufficient  for  the  purpose,  the  following  regulations  will  govern 
their  assignment  and  occupation: 

1.  Permanent  quarters  will  be  assigned  to  the  field  and  staff  officers  of  the  garrison. 

2.  Quarters  for  the  captain  and  lieutenants  of  each  company  will  be  designated  as 
appertaining  to  each  set  of  barracks,  having  reference  to  convenience  of  location. 
Where  bachelor  quarters  are  provided  at  a  military  post  it  is  proper  and  necessary 
that  they  be  assigned  to  officers  without  families. 

3.  On  arrival  of  troops  each  company  will  be  assigned  by  the  commanding  officer  to 
appropriate  vacant  barracks  and  quarters.    Quarters  thus  regularly  assigned  will  not 


150  BAKRACKS  AND  QUARTERS. 

be  subject  to  choice,  but  any  not  occupied  may  be  chosen  for  temporary  occupancy 
by  an  officer,  in  accordance  with  existing  regulations,  subject,  however,  to  removal 
whenever  an  officer  entitled  to  them  arrives.  The  original  assignment  of  quarters  at 
any  post  or  station  will  be  made  by  a  board  of  officers  consisting  of  the  commanding 
officer,  the  two  senior  line  officers  present,  the  senior  surgeon,  and  the  quartermaster. 
Upon  the  department  commander's  approval  of  the  board's  action,  its  recommenda- 
tions will  be  carried  into  effect  as  soon  as  practicable,  the  department  commander 
causing  the  assignments  to  take  effect  as  changes  occur  in  the  stations  of  officers  arid 
troops,  without  removing  any  officer  from  quarters  occupied  by  him  under  other 
existing  regulations. 

1033.  At  posts  or  stations  where  the  provisions  of  paragraph  1032  can  not  be 
applied  officers  may  make  selection  of  quarters  in  accordance  with  their  rank,  but 
the  commanding  officer  may  direct  that  they ' confine  their  selection  to  buildings 
located  near  their  troops.     An  officer  may  select  quarters  occupied  by  a  junior,  but 
will  not  displace  a  junior  if  there  be  quarters  suitable  to  the  rank  of  the  senior 
available,  with  equal  conveniences  and  accommodations.     When  an  officer  has  made 
his  choice  he  must  abide  by  it,  and  shall  not  again  displace  a  junior  unless  he  him- 
self is  displaced  by  a  senior.     The  particular  rooms  which  constitute  a  set  of  quarters 
will  be  designated  by  the  quartermaster,  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding 
officer.     Attics  are  not  counted  as  rooms.     Officers  will  not  choose  rooms  belonging 
to  different  sets. 

1034.  An  officer  reporting  for  duty  at  a  post  will,  immediately  upon  his  arrival, 
make  written  application  to  the  commanding  officer  for  quarters.     If  in  command  of 
troops,  he  will  apply  for  quarters  for  himself,  for  his  subordinate  officers,  and  the 
enlisted  men  of  his  command.     The  application  will  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of 
the  order  directing  him  to  report  at  the  station,  and  will  be  referred  to  the  quarter- 
master for  proper   action  under   such  instructions  as  the  commanding  officer  may 
indorse  thereon. 

1035.  An  officer  will  not  occupy  more  than  his  proper  allowance  of  quarters, 
except  by  permission  of  the  commanding  officer  when  there  is  an  excess  of  quarters 
at  the  station.     The  allowance  will  be  reduced  pro  rata  by  the  commanding  officer 
when  the  number  of  officers  and  troops  present  makes  it  necessary.     If  the  public 
buildings  are  inadequate,  the  commanding  officer  will  apply,  through  the  department 
commander,  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  authority  to  hire  necessary  quarters. 

1036.  Officers  on  duty  without  troops  at  stations  where  there  are  public  quarters 
will  be  furnished  them  in  kind.     If  insufficient,  application  for  authority  to  hire 
quarters  will  be  made  as  directed  in  paragraph  1035. 

1037.  At  a  military  post  where  the  headquarters  of  a  department  are  or  may^e 
established  the  department  commander  may  set  aside  quarters  for  the  staff,  but  will 
not  disturb  assignments  made  under  paragraph  1032  if  it  can  be  avoided.     Quarters 
thus   reserved  will   not  be  open  to  selection,  but  will  be  subject  to  assignment 
independent  of  choice. 

1038.  An  officer's  right  to  quarters  is  solely  one  of  occupancy.     When  he  and 
his  family  cease  to  occupy  them,  except  in  case  of  temporary  absence,  they  are  open 
to  selection  by  and  reassignment  to  some  other  officer  on  duty  at  the  post. 

1039.  When  assigned  to  duty  without  troops  or  awaiting  orders  for  the  conven- 
ience of  the  Government,  officers  will  be  entitled  to  quarters,  but  in  no  case  will  they 
be  furnished  quarters  at  two  stations  at  the  same  time. 

1040.  The  allowance  of  quarters  to  which  an  officer  is  entitled  when  on  duty 
may  be  continued  in  kind,  at  his  proper  station,  during  the  period  for  which  the 
law  permits  him  to  be  absent,  without  reduction  of  pay  and  allowances.     An  officer 
under  suspension  has  the  same  right  to  quarters  as  when  on  duty  status,  if  present 
at  the  post. 


FUEL    AND    STOVES.  151 

1041.  At  a  post  a  sufficient  number  of  rooms  may  be  set  aside  for  a  mess  when 
a  majority  of  its  officers  unite  in  a  mess,  but  never  when  the  officers  to  be  accommo- 
dated are  less  than  three  in  number. 

1042.  An  officer  on  sick  leave  is  entitled  to  public  quarters  at  his  station  during 
the  period  of  sick  leave,  not  exceeding  six  months,  provided  he  or  his  family  occupy 
them.     He  may  hold  hired  quarters  only  while  he  is  personally  an  occupant. 

FUEL   AND   STOVES. 

1043.  Officers  may  purchase  from    the  Quartermaster's  Department  the  fuel 
actually  needed  for  their  own  use.     For  the  quantity  allowed  them  in  the  table  con- 
tained in  paragraph  1051  they  will  pay  at  the  rate  of  $3  per  cord  for  standard  oak 
wood,  or  the  equivalent  thereof  in  other  kinds  of  fuel  as  determined  by  the  Quarter- 
master-General.    For  any  additional  quantity  they  shall  pay  the  contract  price. 
Payment  will  be  made  at  the  time  of  sale. 

1044.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  may  sell  fuel  in  accordance  with  the 
preceding  paragraph  to  contract  and  dental  surgeons  and  veterinarians  and  to  fami- 
lies of  officers  who  are  temporarily  absent,  or  who  are  on  duty  abroad  or  in  Alaska, 
on  the  written  certificate  of  the  officer  that  the  amount  of  his  allowance  covered  by 
the  certificate  will  not  be  otherwise  drawn  by  him.     Officers  on  the  retired  list,  offi- 
cers on  sick  leave,  or  under  sentence  of  suspension  from  duty  on  reduced  pay  when 
absent  from  their  proper  stations,  are  not  entitled  to  this  privilege. 

1045.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  post,  at  or  near  which  the  immediate  family 
of  a  regular  or  volunteer  soldier  resides,  may,  if  the  residence  and  other  conditions 
of  such  family  make  it  proper,  grant  to  the  head  thereof  permits  to  purchase  for 
cash  at  cost  prices  such  quantities  of  fuel  and  mineral  oil  as  in  his  opinion  may  be 
reasonably  needed  for  the  sole  use  of  the  soldier's  immediate  family. 

1046.  Fuel  will  be  sold  to  an  officer  only  upon  his  certificate  that  it  is  for  his 
personal  or  family  use;  any  sale,  exchange,  or  transfer  whatever  of  fuel  sold  to  an 
officer  under  this  paragraph  is  forbidden. 

1047.  Merchantable  oak  wood  is  the  standard;  the  cord  is  128  cubic  feet.     The 
scale  of  equivalents  to  govern  in  the  issue  and  sale  of  fuel  will  be  published  from 
time  to  time  in  general  orders. 

I O  IN.  An  officer  may  purchase  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department  one-sixth 
of  his  allowance  of  fuel  in  kindling  wood,  which  will  be  sold  on  the  basis  of  its 
equivalent  in  oak  wood. 

1049.  Fuel  issued  to  troops  is  public  property.     Any  portion  not  consumed  by 
them  will  be  returned  to  the  quartermaster  and  taken  up  on  his  return. 

1050.  Fuel  will  be  issued  only  in  the  month  when  due.    The  cheapest  fuel  at  the 
place  of  issue  will,  all  things  considered,  be  furnished. 

1051.  The  following  table  shows  the  number  of  rooms,  the  quantity  of  fuel,  and 
the  allowance  of  cooking  and  heating  stoves  to  be  supplied  for  the  use  of  officers  and 
men  in  quarters  and  barracks: 


152 


ALLOWANCE    OF    QUAKTEES,   ETC. 


Rooms. 

Cords 
of  wood 
per 
month. 

Increased 
allowance 
from  Sep- 
tember to 
April,  both 
inclusive. 

For 
quarters. 

For 
office. 

As  quarters. 

•*M  |  As  kitchen. 

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3 

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i 
i 

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3 

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2 
3 

2 
1 

2 
1 

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1 
1 

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2 

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3 
2 
1 

i 

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i1 

Heating  stoves. 

Cooking  stoves  or 
ranges. 

Heating  stoves. 

A  lieutenant-general  or  major-general 

5 

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i 

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1 

A 
i 
1 

i. 

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P 

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I 

i 

I 

& 
i 

5 

4 
3 
2 
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1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

A  brigadier-general  or  colonel  

A  lieutenant-colonel  or  major 

3 
2 
1 

1 

1 
1 

... 

A  captain  

A  lieutenant  

The  Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Army  

t 

3 
2 

1 

2 

1 

1 

The  commanding  officer  of  a  territorial  division  or 
department  

0 

An  assistant  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  of  the  Army,  the 
aids  to  the  commanding  general  of  a  territorial 
division  or  department,  and  the  general  staff  offi- 
cers serving  thereat  

1 

An  assistant  or  deputy  quartermaster-general,  an 
assistant  commissary-general  of  subsistence,  an 
assistant    surgeon-general,    the    assistant    and 
deputy  paymaster-general,  and  the  chief  quarter- 
master and  chief  commissary  at  the  headquarters 
of  a  territorial  division  or  department,  each  

2 

The  commanding  officer  of  a  regiment,  post,   or 
battalion  of  engineers  or  field  artillery,  a  pay- 
master, quartermaster,  commissary,  and  adjutant, 
each  

1 

• 

An  assistant  adjutant-general,  an   inspector-gen- 
eral, an  acting  inspector-general,  an  engineer,** 
an  ordnance  officer,"  a  signal  officer,  a  judge- 
advocate  or  an  acting  judge-advocate,  and  the 
senior  medical  officer,  when  stationed  on  duty  at 
any  place  not  in  the  field,«  each    

1 

Noncommissioned  officers  above  grade  number  15, 
paragraph  9,  each                    .  .        

1 

i 

A 

1 

Superintendent  national  cemetery  

1 

Each  noncommissioned  officer,  musician,  private, 
and  hospital  matron  

Each  necessary  fire  for  the  sick  in  hospital,  each 
dispensary  and  hospital  mess  room  at  a  military 
post  or  station,  to  be  regulated  by  the  surgeon 
and  commanding  officer,  not  exceeding  

1 

For  general  hospitals,  when  necessary,  not  exceed- 
ing, for  each  bed  

Each  guard  fire,  to  be  regulated  by  the  command- 
ing officer,  not  exceeding....             .... 

1 
1 
1 

Each  necessary  fire  for  military  courts  or  boards,  at 
a  rate  not  exceeding.                      .  . 

Storehouse  of  a  commissary  and  quartermaster, 
when  necessary  not  exceeding  for  each 

Each  employee  of  the  Quartermaster's,  Subsistence, 
or  Medical  Department  to  whom  subsistence  in 
kind  is  issued  by  the  Government  

A 

For  library,  reading  room,  schoolroom,  chapel,  and 
gymnasium,  1  heating  stove  for  each,  and  when 
the  garrison  exceeds  150  enlisted  men,  2  heating 
stoves,  and  such  quantity  of  fuel  for  the  same  as 
may  be  certified  to  as  necessary  by  the  officers  in 
charge  and  approved  by  the  commanding  officer.  . 

For  a  company:  2  large  stoves  in  dormitory,  1  large 
stove  in  each  mess  room  and  day  room,  1  small 
stove  for  each  of  the  two  rooms  for  noncommis- 
s'oned  officers,  1  small  stove  for  the  library,  and 
I  cooking  stove  or  range  sufficient  to  cook  its  food 

Each  hospital  kitchen  

1 

For  each  authorized  room  as  quarters  for  civilian 

1 

For  each  six  civilian  employees  to  whom  fuel  is 

1 

For  mess  of  civilian  employees 

1 

1 

For  each  blacksmith  carpenter  and  saddler  shop 

1 

For  a  bakery  and  post  exchange  such  quantity  of 
fuel  for  the  same  as  may  be  certified  to  as  neces- 
sary by  the  officers  in  charge  and  approved  by  the 
commanding  officer.  .  . 

a  Except  at  Military  Academy. 


FUEL QUAETEKS ILLUMINATING    SUPPLIES.  153 

When  buildings  for  which  fuel  is  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  are 
heated  by  steam,  by  separate  plants,  they  will  be  allowed  per  month  for  each  foot 
of  radiating  surface,  from  September  1  to  April  30,  T^  cord  wood;  between  36th  and 
43d  degrees,  north  latitude,  i  increase;  north  of  43d  degree,  north  latitude,  J  increase. 
Buildings  heated  by  hot  water  will  be  allowed  62J  per  cent  of  the  steam  allowance. 

1052.  In  addition  to  the  number  prescribed  in  the  table,  paragraph  1051,  the 
headquarters  of  a  territorial  divison  or  department  will  be  allowed  such  number  of 
office  rooms  (not  more  than  eight)  as  may  be  necessary  for  clerks  on  duty  thereat  (the 
Quartermaster's  and  Subsistence  Departments  excepted),  which  will  be  assigned  by 
the  commanding  general.     A  heating  stove  for  each  room  not  otherwise  heated  will 
also  be  allowed.  Office  rooms  will  not  be  hired  without  the  written  authority  of  the 
Secretary  of  War,  and  no  lease  of  such  rooms  will  take  effect  until  approved  by  him. 

1053.  The  officers  of  the  Quartermaster's  and  Subsistence  Departments  may, 
when  necessary,  be  allowed  additional  office  rooms,  with  a  heating  stove  for  each, 
not  to  exceed  three  in  the  former  and  two  in  the  latter  named  Department.     The 
number  of  additional  rooms  so  allowed  will  be  regulated  by  the  Quartermaster- 
General. 

1054.  Stoves  will  not  be  issued  to  officers  who  receive  commutation  of  quarters. 

1055.  If  at  a  military  post,  situated  between  the  thirty-sixth  and  forty-third 
degrees  of  latitude,  the  mean  temperature  for  twenty  days  of  any  calendar  month  is 
not  above  20°  F.,  an  increase  of  fuel  of  one-third  instead  of  one-fourth,  as  shown  in 
the  table,  will  be  allowed.     If  the  temperature  is  not  above  10°  F.,  an  increase  of 
one-half  will  be  allowed,  whatever  the  latitude  of  the  place.     The  certificate  of  the 
post  surgeon  as  to  the  mean  temperature  and  the  order  of  the  post  commander  for 
the  issue  will  be  filed  with  the  abstract  of  issues. 

ILLUMINATING   SUPPLIES. 

1056.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  supplies  for  interior  and 
exterior  illumination.     The  necessary  lights  will  be  supplied  for  all  buildings  for 
which  fuel  is  supplied. 

1057.  The  number  of  lights,  exterior  and  interior,  and  the  hours  during  which 
the.y  may  be  used  at  each  post,  will  be  fixed  and  announced  by  commanding  officers, 
with  the  approval  of  department  commanders.     The  number  of  such  lights  must  be 
limited  to  the  smallest  number  for  proper  lighting,  and  the  period  of  authorized 
burning  of  each  light  must  be  limited  to  the  necessities  in  each  case. 

1058.  If  candle  lanterns  are  used  in  stables,  the  candles  will  be  issued  by  the  Sub- 
sistence Department  in  such  quantity  as  the  commanding  officer  shall  order  as 
necessary.     If  oil  lanterns  are  used,  the  issue  of  oil,  wicks,  and  chimneys  therefor 
will  be  made  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department, 

1059.  Mineral  oil  will  be  supplied  for  lamps  and  oil  lanterns,  and  be  issued  in 
quantities  as  follows:  For  lamps  used  for  interior  illumination  at  the  rate,  per  burner, 
of  four  ounces  avoirdupois  for  each  hour  of  authorized  illumination  for  lamps  using 
wicks  of  about  1£  inches  diameter,  and  two  ounces  per  hour  for  lamps  with  smaller 
wicks.     For  all  oil  lanterns,  such  quantities  as  the  commanding  officer  shall  order 
and  certify  as  necessary.     No  volatile  oils,  except  those  authorized  and  supplied  by 
the  supply  departments,  will  be  used  at  military  posts  without  the  authority  of  the 
commanding  general  of  the  department  in  which  the  post  is  located. 

1060.  Officers  of  the  Army,  contract  and  dental  surgeons,  and  veterinarians  may 
buy  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  at  contract  prices,  such  moderate  quan- 
tity of  mineral  oil,  lamps,  wicks,  and  chimneys  as  they  may  need  in  the  rooms  occu- 
pied by  themselves  and  families.     This  privilege  is  limited  to  the  lamps,  oils,  wicks, 
and  chimneys  of  patterns,  kinds,  and  qualities  provided  for  troops. 

1061.  Civilians  employed  with  the  Army  at  remote  posts  or  stations,  where  it  is 
impossible  to  procure  at  reasonable  rates  such  articles  of  clothing  and  other  quarter- 


154  ILLUMINATING    SUPPLIES STATIONERY. 

master's  supplies  (except  uniforms)  as  they  may  need  for  their  health  and  comfort, 
may  be  allowed  to  purchase  same  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department  in  limited 
quantities  for  their  own  use,  for  cash  at  cost  prices,  with  ten  per  cent  added  to  cover 
transportation.  Such  sales  will,  however,  be  made  only  upon  the  written  approval 
of  the  commanding  officer  setting  forth  the  necessity  for  such  action,  this  authority 
to  be  filed  with  the  return  of  the  officer  making  such  sales. 

1062.  Mineral  oil  issued  to  troops  is  public  property  for  their  use,  and  will  be 
treated  as  provided  in  paragraph  1049  for  fuel. 

1063.  Each  noncommissioned  officer  entitled  to  and  occupying  separate  quarters 
at  posts  where  gas  or  electricity  is  installed  will  be  allowed  for  the  period  between 
September  1  and  April  30,  1,500  cubic  feet  of  gas  or  20,000  watts  of  electric  current 
per  month,  and  from  May  1  to  August  31,  900  cubic  feet  of  gas  or  12,000  watts  electric 
current  per  month.     Gas  or  electricity  in  excess  of  these  allowances  will  be  paid  for 
at  the  end  of  each  month  to  the  quartermaster  by  the  responsible  noncommissioned 
officer. 

At  posts  where  the  electric  current  is  furnished  from  Government  plant  the  charge 
for  the  excess  will  be  at  the  rate  of  10  cents  per  1,000  watts.  At  posts  where  gas  or 
electric  current  is  obtained  from  local  company  the  charge  for  the  excess  will  be  at 
contract  price. 

1064.  In  order  to  measure  the  amount  of  gas  or  electric  current  consumed,  each 
noncommissioned  staff  quarters  will  be  provided  with  proper  meter,  the  key  of  which 
will  be  kept  in  possession  of  the  quartermaster. 

1065.  Each  officer's  quarters  will  be  likewise  provided  with  a  meter  and  the 
occupants  of  the  same  will  be  required  to  pay  for  all  gas  or  electric  current  used  at 
rates  as  indicated  in  paragraph  1063. 

The  cost  of  installation  of  electric  lights  or  gas  fixtures  in  officers'  quarters,  as  in 
other  public  buildings  at  posts,  will  be  borne  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

1 066.  At  each  post  supplied  with  a  fortification  electric  plant  sufficiently  large  for 
supplying  necessary  current  for  lighting  buildings  and  grounds,  the  plant  may  be  used 
for  that  purpose  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  when  authorized  by  the  Chief  of 
Engineers,  provided  that  the  needs  of  defense  shall  have  precedence  over  post  light- 
ing or  powrer  supply  in  any  case  in  which  both  uses  are  simultaneously  desired. 

For  this  purpose,  when  funds  that  are  applicable  can  be  spared,  the  Engineer 
Department  will  construct  necessary  conduits,  service  wires,  etc.,  to  deliver  the  cur- 
rent to  the  various  buildings  and  to  exterior  lights,  and  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment will  wire  the  buildings,  furnish  meters  for  officers'  and  noncommissioned 
officers'  quarters,  exterior  lamps,  etc.,  and  will,  in  addition  to  the  fuel,  material,  etc., 
required  to  be  furnished  by  it  to  all  fortification  electric  plants,  supply  for  such  plants 
as  may  be  used  for  post  lighting  all  material  and  funds  necessary  for  their  repair  and 
preservation. 

1067.  The  allowances  of  lamps  and  mineral  oil  are  prohibited  for  buildings  and 
grounds  wThere  gas  or  electric  light  is  installed. 

STATIONERY. 

1O6S.  The  issue  of  stationery  for  all  military  purposes  shall  be  made  on  requisi- 
tion approved  by  the  commanding  officer.  The  material  to  be  issued  will  consist  of 
typewriter  supplies,  writing  and  blotting  paper,  pads,  pens,  penholders,  ink,  mucilage, 
sealing  wax,  office  tape,  envelopes,  and  lead  pencils.  Officers  approving  requisitions 
will  enforce  economy  in  the  use  of  stationery.  But  one  issue  a  quarter  will  be  made 
to  officers  not  drawing  for  an  ofrice.  For  each  issue  the  quartermaster  will  require 
one  copy  of  the  approved  requisition  receipted  by  the  officer  to  whom  the  issue  is 
made.  These  issues,  when  returns  are  made  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  will  be 
abstracted  by  the  quartermaster,  compared  and  approved  by  the  commanding  offi- 
cer, and  the  abstract  only  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General. 


STATIONERY PURCHASE    OF   PUBLIC    ANIMALS.  155 

1069.  To  each  office  desk  or  table  is  allowed  one  inkstand,  one  paper  folder,  one 
ruler,  one  steel  eraser,  and  one  piece  of  india  rubber.     A  company  commander  is 
entitled  to  this  allowance.     Officers  when  relieved  will  transfer  office  stationery  to 
their  successors. 

1070.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  authorized  to  issue  yearly  to  retired 
officers,  upon  proper  requisition,  six  quires  of  writing  paper,  one  hundred  official 
envelopes,  and  fifty  letter  envelopes. 

1071.  The  yearly  allowance  of  stationery  to  a  post  noncommissioned  staff  officer 
on  duty  at  a  post  not  garrisoned  by  troops  is  two  quires  of  writing  paper,  letter  size; 
four  sheets  of  blotting  paper;  one  hundred  envelopes,  official  size;  one  dozen  steel 
pens;  two  penholders;  one  pint  bottle  of  black  ink;  one  small  bottle  of  mucilage  with 
brush;  one  inkstand,  and  one  piece  of  office  tape. 

• 

PURCHASE   OF   PUBLIC   ANIMALS. 

1072.  The  purchase  of  public  animals  will   be  made  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  after  their  inspection  by  that  Department,  and,  unless  otherwise  directed 
by  the  Secretary  of  War,  by  contract  after  due  competition. 

1073.  Public  animals  shall,  upon  the  day  received,  be  branded  with  the  letters 
"U.  S."  on  the  left  fore  shoulder.     Horses,  assigned  to  organizations,  will  also  be 
branded  on  the  hoof  of  one  forefoot,  one  and  one-half  inches  below  the  coronet, 
with  the  designation  of  the  company.     Branding  irons  of  uniform  size  and  design 
will  be  supplied  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department.     Letters  "U.  S."  to  be  two 
inches   in  height.     Letters  and  numbers  of  hoof  brands  on  the  same  line,  to  be 
three-fourths  of  an  inch  high,  the  letter  to  precede  the  number,  and  blocked  so  as 
to  penetrate  the  hoof  one-sixteenth  of  an  inch.     For  example,  the  hoof  brands  on 
horses  assigned  to  Band  9th  Cavalry  would  be,  CB9;  to  troop  A  5th  Cavalry  would 
be,  A5;  to  the  10th  Battery  Field  Artillery  would  be,  FA10;  to  the  1st  Band  Artillery 
Corps  would  be,  AB1;  to  Company  A  Battalion  of  Engineers  would  be,  BEA. 

1074.  Any  alteration  in  the  length  or  shape  of  the  tails,  manes,  or  forelocks  of 
public  horses  by  docking,  banging,  or  clipping  is  prohibited,  and  only  such  reason- 
able trimming  and  plucking  as  may  be  necessary  to  prevent  shagginess  of  appearance 
is  permitted. 

1075.  A  complete  descriptive  list  of  each  animal  will  be  made  at  the  time  of  pur- 
chase, and  will  accompany  him  wherever  he  may  be  transferred. 

1076.  A  descriptive  book  of  public  animals  will  be  kept  with  the  records  of  every 
officer  accountable  for  public  animals.     It  will  contain  a  description  of  every  animal 
received  and  transferred,  showing  the  kind,  name,  age,  size,  color,  marks,  brands,  or 
other  peculiarities  of  each;  how  and  when  acquired,  and  if  disposed  of  in  what  man- 
ner ;  the  name  of  its  rider  or  driver,  and  the  particular  use  to  which  applied. 

1077.  When  public  animals  are  issued  or  transferred,  the  person  in  charge  will 
be  provided  with  full  and  accurate  descriptive  lists,  which  he  will  deliver  to  the 
receiving  officer,  by  whom  they  will  be  entered  in  his  descriptive  book  of  public 
animals. 

1078.  Public  animals  will  be  assigned  to  their  riders  or  drivers,  who  will  not 
exchange  or  surrender  them  to  the  use  of  any  other  person  without  the  permission 
of  the  company  commander,  quartermaster,  or  other  officer  responsible. 

1079.  Public  animals  inspected  and  found  unsuited  for  one  branch  of  the  service 
may  be  transferred  to  another  for  which  they  are  fitted.     When  of  no  further  use 
for  any  branch  of  the  service  they  will  be  submitted  to  an  inspector  and  if  con- 
demned sold  at  public  auction. 

Horses  belonging  to  troops  of  cavalry  or  to  batteries  of  artillery  will  not  be  sold  or 
turned  into  the  Quartermaster's  Department  unless  previously  acted-  upon  by  an 
inspector. 


156  VETERINARY    MEDICINES FORAGE    AND    STRAW. 

Public  animals  that  die  from  sickness,  or  that  it  is  necessary  to  kill  because  of  con- 
tagious disease,  or  when  incurably  wounded,  will  be  dropped  by  the  accountable 
officer  upon  the  certificate  of  the  responsible  officer  and  affidavit  of  the  veterinarian, 
or  in  the  absence  of  the  latter,  the  certificate  of  a  disinterested  officer  and  the 
affidavit  of  a  disinterested  person,  approved  by  the  commanding  officer. 

VETERINARY    MEDICINES. 

1O8O.  Veterinary  instruments,  books,  medicines,  and  supplies  for  the  treatment 
of  public  animals  and  authorized  private  horses  of  mounted  officers  are  furnished  by 
the  Quartermaster's  Department.  The  supply  table  furnished  by  the  Quartermas- 
ter's Department  gives  a  list  of  the  articles  supplied.  Requisitions  will  be  limited  to 
actual  necessities.  A  special  estimate  for  articles  not  in  the  table,  with  an  explana- 
tion of  the  nature  of  the  emergency  or  case  rendering  it  necessary,  will  be  forwarded, 
through  the  regular  channel,  for  the  action  of  the  Quartermaster-General. 

1O§1.  The  quartermaster  will  have  charge  of  veterinary  instruments,  books,  med- 
icines, and  supplies,  and  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding  officer  will  issue 
and  expend  such  medicines  and  supplies  in  such  quantities  as  may  be  necessary. 

1O82.  At  posts  where  there  is  a  veterinary  surgeon  the  quartermaster  may,  under 
the  direction  of  the  commanding  officer,  transfer  to  the  veterinary  surgeon  upon 
memorandum  receipts  such  veterinary  instruments,  books,  medicines,  and  supplies 
as  may  be  necessary;  otherwise  they  will  remain  in  the  custody  of  the  quartermaster, 
and  will  be  loaned  as  needed  in  the  public  service. 

FORAGE   AND   STRAW'. 

1O§3.  The  forage  ration  for  a  horse  is  fourteen  pounds  of  hay  and  twelve  pounds 
of  oats,  corn,  or  barley;  for  a  mule,  fourteen  pounds  of  hay  and  nine  pounds  of  oats, 
corn,  or  barley.  To  each  animal  three  pounds  of  bran  may  be  issued  in  lieu  of  that 
quantity  of  grain.  Department  commanders  will  reduce  the  forage  ration  when 
necessary. 

1O84.  Where  grazing  is  practicable,  or  when  little  labor  is  required,  commanding 
officers  will  order  a  judicious  reduction  of  the  forage  ration. 

1O§5.  Forage  will  be  issued  only  during  the  month  when  due. 

1O§6.  Forage  is  furnished  to  the  authorized  allowance  of  horses  of  mounted 
officers,  actually  owned  and  kept  by  them  in  the  performance  of  their  official  duties, 
either  when  on  duty  at  stations,  at  posts,  or  in  the  field.  When  on  detached  duty, 
or  on  leave,  the  nature  of  which  necessitates  the  temporary  separation  of  the  officer 
and  his  mounts,  forage  may  be  furnished  for  such  periods  as  may  be  approved  by 
the  Secretary  of  War.  Forage  is  furnished  to  the  following  number  of  horses:  Of  a 
lieutenant-general,  4;  of  a  major-general  or  a  brigadier-general,  3;  of  all  other 
mounted  officers,  each,  2. 

1087.  Mounted  officers  will  not  use  public  horses  and  at  the  same  time  draw 
forage  for  those  they  own;  nor  will  they  use  public  animals  except  as  authorized  by 
regulations.    Should  circumstances  render  it  necessary,  an  officer  may  be  temporarily 
furnished  public  horses. 

1088.  An  officer  not  mounted  may  purchase  forage  for  two  horses  kept  for  his 
own  use,  for  which  he  will  be  charged  cost,  including  transportation.     The  sale  of 
forage  to  mounted  officers  is  forbidden. 

1089.  An  officer  shall  not  sell,  nor  allow  to  be  sold,  the  forage  issued  for  his  own 
horses  or  the  public  animals  under  his  charge;  nor  shall  he  use  or  dispose  of,  or  per- 
mit to  be  used  or  disposed  of,  such  forage,  or  any  portion  thereof,  except  for  the 
purpose  for  which  it  was  issued.     Forage  issued  for  a  particular  period  and  uncon- 
sumed  during  the  period  will  be  taken  up  and  properly  accounted  for. 

1090.  When  mattresses  are  not  supplied,  each  enlisted  man  in  barracks  and  each 
prisoner  in  the  guardhouse  will  be  allowed  a  bed  sack  and  thirty  pounds  of  straw  per 


ACCOUNTABILITY  FOE  PEOPEETY.  157 

month  for  bedding,  and  men  in  field  hospitals  such  quantity  as  the  chief  medical 
officer  shall  certify  as  necessary.  So  far  as  practicable,  iron  bunks  will  be  furnished 
to  all  prisoners  in  post  guardhouses  and  prison  rooms. 

1091.  One  hundred  pounds  of  straw  per  month  is  allowed  for  bedding  to  each 
horse  or  mule  in  public  service.     At  posts  where  straw  is  not  furnished  hay  will  be 
issued  and  used  for  bedding. 

CARE  AND  ACCOUNTABILITY  FOR  PROPERTY. 

1092.  Unless  otherwise  specially  directed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  there  will  be 
at  each  military  post  or  station  but  one  accountable  officer  in  the  Quartermaster's 
Department,  and  he  will  account  for  all  quartermaster's  supplies  there  in  use  or  in 
store. 

1093.  When  troops  are  assembled  for  field  service,  nere  will  be  but  one  account- 
able officer  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  each  regiment,  separate  battalion, 
or  squadron,  and  he  will  account  for  all  quartermaster's  supplies  in  the  possession  of 
the  command  of  which  he  is  quartermaster. 

1094.  At  places  requiring  the  services  of  more  than  one  quartermaster,  each  one 
charged  with  the  care  and  disposition  of  quartermaster's  supplies  will  account  for 
the  same. 

1095.  Officers  commanding  companies  or  detachments  will  be  furnished  by  the 
quartermaster,  on  approved  requisition,  with  the  necessary  authorized  quartermas- 
ter's supplies;  and  for  all  such,    except  those  that  may  be  properly  dropped  as 
expended,  said  commanding  officers  will  give  memorandum  receipts  to  the  account- 
able officer,  who  will  continue  to  bear  said  supplies  on  his  return  until  they  have 
been  transferred,  expended,  or  otherwise  disposed  of  and  duly  accounted  for  as 
required  by  regulations. 

1096.  Officers  commanding  companies  or  detachments  temporarily  absent  from 
posts  will  continue  responsible  to  quartermasters  from  whom  supplies  have  been 
procured  on  memorandum  receipts.     Should  the  services  of  a  quartermaster  become 
necessary,  one  will  be  appointed  for  the  command. 

lt)97.  When  troops  change  station,  only  such  quartermaster's  supplies  as  are 
authorized,  or  as  may  be  directed  to  be  transferred,  will  be  removed  from  the  sta- 
tion. Company  and  detachment  commanders,  prior  to  departure  from  a  station,  will 
have  a  settlement  with  the  quartermaster  for  supplies  held  on  memorandum  receipt. 
For  such  supplies  as  must  accompany  troops,  company  and  detachment  commanders 
will  give  certificates  to  the  quartermaster.  Memorandum  receipts  that  have  been 
thus  satisfied  will  be  returned  to  the  respective  company  and  detachment  command- 
ers. The  quartermaster  will  forward  the  certificates,  accompanied  by  the  requisite 
papers  for  transferring  the  accountability,  to  the  quartermaster  at  the  destination  of 
the  troops.  The  commanders  of  incoming  organizations  upon  arrival  will  report 
the  supplies  in  their  custody  and  give  memorandum  receipts  therefor  to  the  quarter- 
master, who  will  then  return  to  the  respective  commanders  their  certificates. 

1098.  Certificates  given  for  supplies  accompanying  troops   and  memorandum 
receipts  given  by  officers  for  supplies  issued  or  loaned  for  their  individual  use,  or  for 
use  of  the  organizations  under  their  command,  will  be  made  in  the  prescribed  form, 
and  should  any  officer,  when  called  upon  by  proper  authority  to  produce  any  of  the 
supplies  enumerated  therein,  fail  to  do  so,  or  to  furnish  proper  evidence  that  deficient 
or  damaged  supplies  have  been  accounted  for  as  required  by  regulations,  the  name 
of  the  officer  delinquent  will  be  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War  by  the  Quarter- 
master-General, and  said  officer's  pay  to  the  extent  of  the  deficiency  or  damage  will 
be  stopped,  in  conformity  with  paragraphs  706  and  707.    The  accountable  officer  may 
drop  from  his  return  the  articles  deficient,  forwarding  the  memorandum  receipt'  or 
certificate  as  a  voucher  therefor. 

1099.  A  forage  master  or  wagon  master  shall  not  be  concerned,  directly  or  indi- 
rectly, in  any  means  of  transport  employed  by  the  United  States,  or  in  the  purchase 


158  HOESES    OF    MOUNTED    OFFICERS. 

or  gale  of  any  property  procured  for  or  belonging  to  the  United  States,  except  as  agent 
for  the  Government. 

1  1OO.  Every  officer  accountable  for  quartermaster's  supplies  will  keep  himself 
accurately  informed,  by  personal  examination,  of  the  quantities  and  condition  of 
the  property  on  hand,  and  will  be  held  strictly  responsible  that  they  are  correctly 
reported  on  his  returns.  The  commanding  officer  will  see  that  a  complete,  detailed, 
and  accurate  inventory  of  such  property,  except  that  held  on  memorandum  receipts, 
is  taken  by  the  accountable  officer  in  person  at  least  once  each  year,  and  as  much 
oftener  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  the  interests  of  the  Government.  At  each 
transfer  of  such  property  both  the  invoicing  and  receipting  officer  will  attend  in  per- 
son, and  each  will  satisfy  himself,  by  personal  count  and  examination,  that  all  prop- 
erty invoiced  is  on  hand  and  in  condition  as  stated  in  the  invoices.  When  loss, 
damage,  or  deficiency  is  discovered  upon  taking  any  of  these  inventories,  a  survey- 
ing officer  will  at  once  investigate  and  ascertain  the  cause  thereof,  which  he  will 
report  with  his  conclusions  as  to  the  responsibility  for  the  same. 

HORSES   OF   MOUNTED    OFFICERS. 

1 IO1.  In  the  field,  at  posts,  or  in  active  service,  horses  held  in  the  Quartermas- 
ter's Department  unassigned  may  be  sold  to  mounted  officers  on  the  authority  of  the 
Secretary  of  War.     The  price  to  be  paid  for  a  horse  purchased  by  an  officer  will  be  its 
cost  to  the  Government.     Purchase  and  payment  will  be  completed  within  thirty 
days  from  the  date  of  receipt  of  authority  for  the  sale,  and  the  purchase  money  at 
once  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  current  appropriation.     Horses  thus  sold  will  not 
be  exchanged  or  returned. 

11 02.  The  use  of  public  horses  by  officers  receiving  mounted  pay  will  be  regu- 
lated by  department  commanders  in  conformity  with  the  necessities  of  the  public 
service.       Unless  specially  excepted  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  all  mounted  officers 
will  be  required  to  keep  the  private  horses  necessary  for  the  efficient  performance 
of  their  duties. 

1103.  While  serving  with  a  battery  of  field  artillery  a  captain  or  lieutenant  of 
artillery  will  be  allowed  to  use  a  battery  horse. 

1101.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  and  issue  horse  and  mule 
shoes,  nails,  smith's  tools,  and  materials  required  for  the  service,  except  the  smith's 
tools  of  the  battery  wagons  and  forges  of  field  batteries.  The  horses  of  a  troop  of 
cavalry  or  field  battery  will  be  shod  by  its  farrier  or  blacksmith. 

1 1O5.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  transport  for  officers  changing  station 
the  number  of  horses  for  which  they  are  legally  entitled  to  forage,  and  an  attendant 
to  accompany  the  horses  when  necessary,  subject  to  the  following  restrictions: 

1.  That  the  expense  to  the  United  States  shall  not  exceed  $100  for  each  horse  trans- 
ported.    The  entire  cost  of  such   shipment  may  be  paid   by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department,  but  if  the  entire  cost  exceed  $100  for  each  horse,  including  transporta- 
tion of  attendant,  if  any,  the   excess  must  be  refunded  to  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  by  the  owner.     The  expenses  of  the  attendant  other  than  his  trans- 
portation will  not  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

2.  That  the  horses  are  owned  by  the  officer  and  are  intended  to  be  used  by  him 
at  his  new  station  in  the  public  service. 

3.  The  horses  of  retired  officers  or  officers  ordered  to  their  homes  to  await  retire- 
ment, or  officers  ordered  on  recruiting  service  or  college  detail,  or  to  effect  a  volun- 
tary transfer,  will  not  be  transported  at  public  expense. 

4.  In  turning  over  horses  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  shipment  under 
the  authorization  of  this  regulation,  officers  may  have  the  privilege  of  shipping  them 


MILITARY    ATTACHES TRANSPORT ATIOT*.  159 

from  other  points  to  their  new  station,  provided  the  mileage  in  "such  cases  does  not 
exceed  the  total  mileage  between  the  old  and  new  station  to  which  an  officer  is 
assigned. 

MILITARY    ATTACHES. 

1106.  An  officer  of  the  Army  serving  as  military  attache  abroad  will  be  entitled 
to  the  following  allowances:  A  suitably  furnished  office  when  needed,  or  an  unfur- 
nished room  with  one  desk  or  table,  six  chairs,  one  book  or  file  case,  the  articles 
allowed  for  an  office  desk  by  Regulations,  and  the  stationery  required  in  the  per- 
formance of  public  duty,  to  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  and 
in  either  case  the  regulation  allowance  of  fuel  for  one  office  fire.     Mounted  officers 
will  be  allowed  forage  if  horses  are  actually  kept,  and  officers  not  mounted,  or 
mounted  officers  not  drawing  forage,  the  hire  of  a  horse  when  necessary  for  mounted 
duty.     Necessary  funds  for  these  allowances  and  blank  forms  for  reports  and  returns 
will  be  procured  by  requisition  on  the  Quartermaster-General.     Money  accounts 
will  be  rendered  quarterly.     Items  for  necessary  cost  of  exchange  will  be  entered  on 
accounts  current,  the  entries  of  each  being  supported  by  the  certificate  of  the  officer 
that  current  rates  of  exchange  were  paid  and  that  other  vouchers  are  not  obtainable. 

TRANSPORTATION. 

General  provisions. 

1107.  For  wagon  and  pack  transportation  mules  will  generally  be  employed,  but 
horses  may  be  used  for  saddle  purposes  by  wagon  masters,  messengers,  expressmen, 
and  employees  or  enlisted  men  having  similar  occupations  which  require  them  to 
be  mounted.     For  draft  purposes,  except  at  depots  or  posts  in  or  near  large  cities 
where  little  transportation  is  needed,  horses  will  not  be  used,  unless  specially  author- 
ized by  the  War  Department. 

1108.  The  allotment  of  draft  and  pack  animals  to  each  military  department  will 
be  made  by  the  Quartermaster-General  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1109.  The  allowance  of  spring  wagons,  exclusive  of  the  prescribed  ambulance 
for  the  sick,  is  fixed  at  one  to  each  post,  except  when  otherwise  authorized  by  the 
War  Department.     All  four-wheeled  passenger  wagons  (except  ambulances)  having 
springs  under  the  body  shall  be  considered  spring  wagons. 

1110.  Spring  wagons  will  be  used  only  by  direction  of  commanding  officers  and 
for  the  purpose  for  which  they  are  supplied,  viz,  for  the  transportation  of  officers 
and  enlisted  men  traveling  on  duty  when  other  means  are  not  available. 

1111.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  provide  the  necessary  ambulances 
for  transporting  the  sick  and  wounded  upon  the  requisition  of  the  proper  medical 
officer. 

1112.  All  means  of  public  transportation  at  a  post  will  be  accounted  for  by  the 
quartermaster,  and  will  be  under  his  charge  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  1456. 
Commanding  officers  will  cause  mounted  organizations  to  be  provided  daily  with 
the  proper  facilities  for  policing  stables  and  hauling  forage. 

1113.  Commanding  officers  will  give  timely  notice  to  the  proper  officers  of  the 
Quartermaster's  Department  of  all  contemplated  movements  of  troops  and  supplies, 
that  proper  and  sufficient  transportation  may  be  in  readiness. 

1 1 14.  The  duty  of  furnishing  transportation  at  any  post,  station,  or  depot  will  be 
intrusted  to  one  officer  of  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  on  whom  requisitions 
will  be  made  therefor. 

1115.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  of  the  Army  is  charged  with  the  trans- 
portation of  troops  and  supplies  between  the  United  States  and  such  over-sea  garrisons 
and  military  commands  as  shall  be  authorized.     Those  officers  and  employees  who 
are  detailed  to  carry  out  the  work  constitute  the  Army  Transport  Service.     All  neces- 


160   TRANSPORTATION  OF  PERSONS TRANSPORTATION  REQUESTS. 

sary  expenses  incident  to  that  service  will  be  paid  from  the  appropriations  made  for 
tne  support  of  the  Army.  The  Army  Transport  Service  is  governed  by  special  regu- 
lations promulgated  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

TRANSPORTATION    OF    PERSONS. 

1116.  When  troops  are  moved,  suitable  transportation  will  be  provided;  proper 
orders  and  an  exact  return  of  the  command  will  be  furnished  to  the  quartermaster 
who  is  to  provide  the  same. 

1117.  A  person  requiring  transportation  will  exhibit  an  order  from  competent 
authority,  and  the  quartermaster  who  furnishes  it  will  make  and  file  a  certified  copy 
of  the  same.     The  quartermaster  will  indorse  on  the  original  order,  over  his  signa- 
ture, the  fact  that  transportation  has  been  provided,  its  kind,  the  places  from  and  to 
which  it  has  been  furnished,  and  the  number  of  pounds  of  extra  baggage  transported, 
if  any.     The  original  order  will  be  retained  by  the  person  who  receives  the  trans- 
portation, and  in  case  of  a  soldier  entitled  to  commutation  of  rations  wThile  traveling, 
will  be  disposed  of  as  directed  in  paragraph  1258.     When  a  quartermaster  furnishes 
transportation,  under  the  provisions  of  paragraph  108,  to  a  soldier  on  furlough,  he  will 
report  the  actual  or  probable  cost  thereof  to  the  company  commander  and  will  enter 
on  the  furlough  a  statement  that  the  transportation  has  been  furnished.     The  officer 
paying  the  account  will  notify  the  company  commander  of  the  actual  amount  paid 
and  the  date  of  payment. 

111*.  When  transportation  is  furnished  for  the  entire  journey,  the  route,  if  not 
designated  in  the  order,  will  be  determined  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  in 
accordance  with  existing  rules. 

1119.  A  quartermaster  wrho  provides  the  transportation  for  troops  will  notify,  by 
mail  or  telegraph,  the  quartermasters  at  places  where  changes  of  route  are  to  be 
made,  or  means  of  transportation  are  to  be  changed,  of  the  day  on  which  the  troopo 
will  start,  their  route,  destination,  the  number  of  officers,  enlisted  men,  and  animals, 
and  the  quantity  of  public  property  and  baggage  for  wrhich  transportation  will  be 
required. 

10 2O.  The  quartermaster  who  provides  the  transportation,  or  a  duly  authorized 
representative,  will  be  present  at  the  embarkation  of  the  troops,  and  will  see  that  the 
accommodations  contracted  for  have  been  provided.     A  similar  course  will  be  pur- 
sued where  practicable  at  places  where  changes  of  route  or  important  connections  are 
to  be  made.     If  delay  is  necessary  in  either  case  in  order  to  complete  the  arrange- 
ments for  transportation,  the  commanding  officer  of  the  troops  will  be  duly  notified. 

1121.  The  Quartermaster's  Department,  when  called  upon  to  do  so  by  recruiting 
officers,  will  furnish  transportation  from  place  to  place,  for  the  purpose  of  examining 
recruits,  to  civilian  physicians  not  under  contract  but  employed  under  verbal  agree- 
ment for  the  examination  of  recruits  pursuant  to  paragraph  874.     The  cost  of  such 
transportation  will  be  a  charge  against  the  appropriation  for  ' '  Transportation  of  the 
Army  and  its  supplies." 

TRANSPORTATION    REQUESTS. 

1 122.  A  request  for  transportation  issued  by  a  quartermaster  should  set  forth  date 
and  place  of  issue;  time  for  which  it  will  be  valid;  name  of  company  required  to  fur- 
nish transportation;  name  of  the  person,  or  of  the  one  in  charge  of  the  party  to  be 
transported,  with  number  thereof;  pounds  of  extra  baggage,  if  any;  organization  to 
which  the  person  belongs,  if  an  officer  or  enlisted  man;  the  places  of  original  depar- 
ture and  ultimate  destination,  with  the  initial  letters  of  each  road  or  line  to  be  used 
on  the  journey. 

1 1 23.  Requests  should  be  properly  receipted  by  the  party  named  therein,  and 
tickets  procured  before  commencing  the  journey,  as  conductors  are  not  authorized 
to  accept  transportation  requests.     If  more  than  one  person  is  to  be  transported,  the 


TRANSPORTATION  BEQUESTS.  161 

officer  or  person  in  charge  of  the  party,  in  filling  the  receipt,  will  state  the  number 
of  the  persons  and  pounds  of  extra  baggage  carried,  and  the  class  and  description  of 
transportation  furnished.  In  no  case  will  a  receipt  be  given  for  transportation  of 
more  persons  or  extra  baggage  than  the  request  calls  for. 

1124.  The  blank  receipt  at  the  bottom  of  the  request  will  be  filled  in  ink,  and  if 
the  person  receipting  can  not  write  his  name  he  will  make  his  mark,  which  will  be 
witnessed.     Names  and  places  will  be  written  in  full.     If  the  transportation  is  fur- 
nished by  other  than  passenger  train  or  in  other  than  passenger  cars  the  fact  will  be 
stated  in  the  receipt. 

1125.  No  portion  of  a  request  above  the  signature  of   the  issuing  officer  will  be 
changed  in  any  particular.     If  explanations  are  required,  they  will  be  made  on  the 
back  of  the  request. 

1126.  All  unused  tickets  or  parts  of  tickets  procured  on  a  transportation  request 
will  be  returned  to  the  officer  who  issued  them,  and  by  him  forwarded  to  the  officer 
who  pays  the  account  for  the  service.     The  value  of  such  ticket  or  parts  of  tickets 
will  be  deducted  from  any  money  due  or  to  become  due  the  company  for  transporta- 
tion over  whose  line  they  were  obtained.     On  the  collection  of  the  value  of  such 
unused  tickets  they  will  be  returned  to  the  company  by  which  they  were  issued. 

1127.  When  transportation  to  any  given  point  and  return  is  required,  the  request 
for  return  transportation  should  be  obtained  at  the  destination,  provided  it  can  be 
there  procured,  except  in  cases  where  round-trip  tickets  can  be  obtained  at  reduced 
rates  and  made  available  for  the  journey;  otherwise  the  quartermaster  will  issue  two 
sets  of  requests,  one  to  the  place  of  destination,  the  other  for  return  transportation. 

112§.  An  officer  drawing  mileage  is  entitled  to  free  transportation  for  150  pounds 
of  baggage.  If  his  ticket  does  not  cover  the  full  150  pounds,  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  will  furnish  transportation  for  the  difference  as  excess  baggage. 

1129.  When  an  officer  travels  under  orders  by  a  route  over  which  less  than 
150  pounds  of  baggage  for  each  passenger  is  transported  free,  and  transportation 
is  furnished  the  officer  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  the  transportation  request 
will  state  the  amount  of  excess  baggage  to  be  paid  for  by  the  Government — this 
excess  being  the  difference  between  the  amount  carried  free  and  150  pounds,  the 
amount  the  officer  is  entitled  to  take. 

When  an  officer  under  orders  for  temporary  duty  or  permanent  change  of  station 
certifies  that  it  is  necessary  for  his  field  allowance  of  baggage  to  accompany  him  in 
addition  to  the  amount  carried  by  his  ticket,  the  Quartermaster's  Department  will 
furnish  transportation  for  same  as  excess  baggage.  The  allowance  authorized  in  this 
paragraph,  together  with  the  quantity  of  baggage  transported  by  ordinary  freight, 
will  in  no  instance  exceed  the  allowance  provided  by  paragraph  1142. 

In  receipting  a  request  covering  an  excess  of  baggage,  the  officer  will  certify 
whether  transportation  for  such  excess  has  been  furnished. 

1 1 3O.  For  enlisted  men  traveling  under  orders  without  troops,  each  ticket  fur 
nished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  will  usually  cover  150  pounds  of  baggage 
free.     Where  this  is  not  the  case,  as  on  stage  lines,  the  Quartermaster's  Department 
will  provide  for  the  transportation  of  sufficient  excess  baggage  to  make  a  total  of  free 
and  excess  as  follows: 

Pounds. 

Noncommissioned  officers 100 

Privates  of  the  Hospital  Corps 100 

Other  privates 50 

1131.  Quartermasters  in  issuing  requests  for  transportation  of  officers  and  others 
traveling  under  orders,  will  not  include  therein  public  property  of  any  description, 
nor  the  allowance  of  personal  baggage  carried  free  by  the  various  transportation 
lines. 

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162  FERRIES,   ETC. PARLOR    AND    SLEEPING    CARS. 

FERRIES,  TURNPIKES,   AND  BRIDGES. 

1132.  Whenever  it  shall  be  necessary  for  troops,  teams,  or  employees  in  the  mili- 
tary service  to  pass  on  public  duty  over  a  legally  constituted  toll  bridge,  ferry,  or 
turnpike,  the  officer  or  person  in  charge  of  the  party  will  apply  to  the  nearest  quar- 
termaster for  a  request  for  such  passage.  '  If  he  can  not  obtain  it,  he  will  give  to  the 
keeper  of  the  bridge,  ferry,  or  turnpike  a  certificate  stating  the  number  of  persons 
and  whether  mounted  or  on  foot,  number  of  loose  animals,  teams  and  animals  to 
each  team  for  which  toll  or  ferriage  is  due,  and  showing  that  the  travel  is  on  public 
duty.     Accounts  for  such  service,  accompanied  by  the  request,  or  certificates  duly 
receipted,  will  be  presented  to  the  nearest  disbursing  quartermaster  for  settlement, 
who,  before  payment,  wrill  satisfy  himself  that  the  rates  charged  do  not  exceed  those 
authorized,  or  paid  by  private  individuals,  and  that  the  indebtedness  was  necessarily 
incurred  for  the  public  service.     Payment  may  be  made  at  the  authorized  or  usual 
rates,  unless  more  favorable  terms  can  be  obtained. 

STREET-CAR   AND    FERRY   TICKETS. 

1133.  For  the  transportation  of  officers,  messengers,  and  employees  of  the  United 
States  in  the  transaction  of  public  business,  street  car  tickets  can  be  supplied  by  the 
Quartermaster's  Department,  when  this  form  of  transportation  is  preferable  in  con- 
venience and  cost  to  the  supply  of  a  government  wagon.     This  will  not  apply  to  an 
officer  traveling  under  orders  covering  mileage,  or  to  an  officer  in  his  travel  from  his 
home  to  his  office  and  return.     The  tickets  when  purchased  will  be  taken  up  on  the 
return  and  expended  solely  in  the  performance  of  public  duty.    Written  requests  for 
street  car  and  ferry  tickets  will  be  prepared  by  quartermasters  and  forwarded  to  the 
Quartermaster-General  for  authority  to  purchase. 

PARLOR   AND   SLEEPING   CAR    ACCOMMODATIONS. 

1 134.  The  following  persons  are  entitled  at  public  expense  to  a  double  berth  in  a 
sleeping  car,  seat  in  a  parlor  car,  or  to  the  customary  stateroom  accommodations  on 
steamers  where  extra  charge  is  made  for  the  same:  Officers  of  the  Army  when  trav- 
eling on  duty  with  troops;  army  nurses;  civilian  clerks  and  agents  in  the  military 
service  when  traveling  under  orders  on  public  business;  and-also  the  following  when 
traveling  under  orders  without  troops:  All  noncommissioned  officers  above  grade 
number  17,  paragraph  9;  also  invalid  soldiers  when  so  traveling  on  the  certificate  of 
a  medical  officer  showing  the  necessity  therefor.     Other  noncommissioned  officers 
when  so  traveling  will  be  furnished,  if  they  so  desire,  second-class  transportation 
with  tourist  sleeping  car  accommodations  when  available. 

When  the  number  of  officers  traveling  with  troops  is  too  small  to  justify  the  hire 
by  the  Quartermarter's  Department  of  a  standard  sleeping  car  for  their  accommoda- 
tion, they  shall  be  furnished  with  such  part  of  a  tourist  sleeping  car,  or  other  suitable 
sleeping  car,  properly  curtained  off  for  their  accommodation,  as  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  may  provide  for  their  use  during  the  journey. 

1135.  Quartermasters  providing  parlor  and  sleeping  car  accommodations  will 
issue  requests  therefor,  and  state  therein  the  number  of  berths  or  seats  required. 

1136.  When  a  journey  is  to  be  performed  covering  a  route  requiring  change  of 
sleeping  or  parlor  car,  separate  requests  will  be  issued  for  accommodations  in  each 
car  in  which  the  person  is  to  travel. 

1137.  Persons  holding  requests  for  sleeping  or  parlor  car  accommodations  will, 
whenever  practicable,  present  them  to  the  proper  agent  and  obtain  tickets  for  the 
number  of  berths  or  seats  required  before  commencing  the  journey.     When  not 
practicable  to  do  so,  berths  or  seats  will  be  secured  from  the  conductor  of  the  car. 
They  will  receipt  for  the  number  of  berths  or  seats  furnished,  naming  the  points 
between  which  thev  were  furnished. 


TRANSPORTATION    OF    BAGGAGE. 


163 


1138.  Special  sleeping  or  parlor  cars  will  not  be  chartered  when  the  expense 
exceeds  the  cost  of  the  berths  or  seats  authorized  to  be  furnished. 

1 139.  When  it  is  impracticable  for  agents  or  conductors  to  furnish  berths  or  seats 
in  sleeping  or  parlor  cars,  the  holder  of  the  request  will,  on  the  termination  of  his 
journey,  return  it  to  the  issuing  officer  with  a  statement  of  the  reasons  why  it  has  not 
been  used,  and  that  officer  will  account  for  it  on  his  return. 

1140.  An  officer  traveling  with  troops  who  incurs  expense  for  authorized  sleep- 
ing or  parlor  car  accommodations,  when  it  is  impracticable  to  obtain  a  request  there- 
for,   will  be   reimbursed   by  the    Quartermaster's  Department,    upon   application 
supported  by  a  receipt  for  the  amount  paid  by  him  and  a  copy  of  the  orders  under 
which  the  journey  was  performed. 

TRANSPORTATION   OF   BAGGAGE. 

1141.  In  changing  station  an  officer's  authorized  allowance  of  baggage  will  be 
turned  over  to  a  quartermaster  for  transportation  as  freight  by  ordinary  freight  lines. 

Quartermasters  are  authorized  to  transport,  upon  an  officer's  request,  his  entire 
baggage  as  freight  on  Government  bill  of  lading,  the  excess  in  weight  over  his 
authorized  allowance  of  personal  baggage,  professional  books,  official  papers,  etc.,  to 
be  paid  for  by  him  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

1142.  The  baggage  to  be  transported  at  public  expense,  including  mess  chests 
and  personal  baggage,  upon  change  of  station  will  not  exceed  the  following  weights: 


Rank. 

In  the  field; 
or  temporary 
change  of 
station. 

Permanent 
change 
of  station. 

Lieutenant-general  

Pounds. 
I  500 

Pounds. 
15  000 

Major-general 

1  000 

10  500 

Brigadier-general  . 

'TOO 

8  400 

Field  officer 

500 

7'  200 

Captain  

200 

6  000 

First  lieutenant,  contract  surgeon,  and  contract  dental  surgeon 

150 

5*100 

Second  lieutenant  and  veterinarian 

150 

4  500 

Noncommissioned  officers  above  grade  17,  paragraph  9 

l'500 

Civilian  employees  of  the  classified  service  transferred  for  the  good  of  the 
service  

1  500 

These  allowances  are  in  excess  of  the  weights  transported  free  of  charge  under  the 
regular  fare  by  public  carriers.  They  may  be  reduced  pro  rata  by  the  commanding 
officer,  if  necessary,  and  may,  in  special  cases,  be  increased  by  the  War  Department 
on  transports  by  water. 

Shipment  of  officers'  allowance  of  baggage  will  in  all  cases  be  made  at  carrier's 
risk,  including  those  over  roads  where  tariffs  provide  for  extra  charge  therefor,  unless 
the  officer  files  written  authority  with  the  shipping  quartermaster  to  ship  his  entire 
baggage  released.  An  officer  detailed  for  duty  in  a  foreign  country  as  a  military 
attache  is  entitled  to  transportation  of  professional  books  and  papers  and  the  number 
of  pounds  of  personal  baggage  specified  in  the  table  above. 

1143.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  transport  the  authorized  change  of 
station  allowance  of  baggage  and  professional  books  and  papers  for  officers  or  enlisted 
men  npon  retirement,  or  who  die  in  the  service,  from  their  last  duty  stations  to  such 
places  within  the  limits  of  the  United  States  as  may  be  the  homes  of  their  families, 
or  as  may  be  designated  by  their  legal  representatives  or  executors. 

1144.  Transportation  of  the  authorized  allowance  of  baggage  for  permanent 
change  of  station  is  authorized  for  such  contract  surgeons  and  dental  surgeons  as 
may  be  employed,  when  they  join  for  duty  under  the  first  order,  and  also  on  return 
to  their  homes  on  the  termination  of  their  contracts,  if  provided  for  in  contracts. 


164  TRANSPORTATION    OF    SUPPLIES. 

Graduates  of  the  Military  Academy  and  officers  promoted  from  the  ranks  will  be 
furnished  with  transportation  for  1,500  pounds  of  baggage  on  their  first  assignment 
to  duty  as  commissioned  officers.  With  these  exceptions,  transportation  of  baggage 
at  public  expense  is  not  authorized  for  officers  joining  for  duty  on  first  appointment 
to  the  military  service,  nor  upon  reinstatement  or  reappointment,  nor  to  effect  trans- 
fers from  one  company  or  regiment  to  another  at  the  request  of  those  transferred. 
Officers  on  temporary  duty  are  entitled  only  to  the  allowance  for  temporary  change 
of  station  as  authorized  in  paragraph  1142.  In  lieu  of  the  allowance  authorized  for 
permanent  change  of  station,  an  officer  detailed  as  attache  or  under  orders  for 
extended  service  over  the  sea  or  for  duty  in  Alaska  is  entitled  to  have  his  full 
allowance  transported  from  the  station  he  leaves  to  his  home  or  to  the  nearest 
convenient  place  of  storage,  and,  upon  resuming  duty  in  the  United  States,  from  such 
places  to  his  post  of  duty.  While  on  journeys  performed  in  foreign  countries  by  an 
officer  as  attache,  150  pounds  of  baggage  may  be  carried  with  him  at  public  expense, 
including  the  quantity  which  is  carried  free  by  the  various  transportation  lines. 
The  cost  of  transporting  any  personal  baggage  in  excess  of  the  150  pounds  thus 
authorized  will  not  be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

1145.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  will  furnish  transportation  for  the  pre- 
scribed regimental  and  company  desks,  for  the  books,  papers,  and  instruments  of 
staff  officers  necessary  to  the  performance  of  their  duties,  and  for  the  medical  chests 
of  medical  officers;  also  for  the  professional  books,  including  standard  works  of  fic- 
tion, of  officers  changing  station,  officers  ordered  home  for  retirement,  graduates  of 
the  Military  Academy,  and  officers  joining  on  first  appointment,  which  they  certify 
belong  to  them  and  pertain  to  their  official  duties.     Invoices  of  packages  turned  over 
to  the  shipping  officer  will  be  accompanied  by  the  certificate  of  the  officer  as  to  char- 
acter of  books,  and  a  certified  copy  will  be  attached  to  the  bill  of  lading  issued  at 
the  initial  point  of  shipment. 

TRANSPORTATION   OF   SUPPLIES. 

1146.  Officers  turning  over  property  to  a  quartermaster  for  transportation  will 
plainly  mark  each  package  with  the  name  and  address  of  consignee,  a  list  of  its  con- 
tents, its  weight,  and  "U.  S." 

1 147.  An  officer  who  turns  over  supplies  to  another  for  transportation  in  the  best 
condition  in  which  it  is  possible  to  put  them  is  relieved  from  any  further  responsi- 
bility therefor  by  the  receipt  of  the  officer  to  whom  they  are  intrusted  for  transpor- 
tation.    Should  the  officer  to  whom  the  stores  are  consigned  discover  damage  or 
deficiency,  he  will  apply  for  a  surveying  officer,  before  whom  all  concerned  will  be 
heard  in  person  or  by  deposition.     The  surveying  officer  will  ascertain  and  determine 
the  amount  and  condition  of  the  stores  actually  delivered  to  the  receiving  officer,  who 
will  receipt  to  the  officer  intrusted  with  their  transportation  for  the  amount  and 
quantity  so  determined.     The  latter  officer  will  be  held  responsible  for  all  damages 
or  deficiency,  unless  relieved  therefrom  by  the  report  of  the  surveying  officer,  duly 
approved  by  the  reviewing  authority. 

1148.  When  a  quartermaster  receives  supplies,  transported  by  a  common  carrier 
under  agreement  with  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  which  do  not  correspond  to 
the  invoice  because  of  damage  or  deficiency  not  attributable  to  ordinary  loss  or 
wastage,  the  facts  will  be  fully  investigated  by  a  surveying  officer  (unless  the  carrier 
voluntarily  assumes  liability  for  the  loss)  and  the  money  value  of  the  damage  or 
deficiency  will  be  charged  to  the  party  responsible  therefor,  whether  the  shipping 
officer  or  carrier.     The  authority  which  appoints  the  surveying  officer  will,  as  soon 
as  possible,  transmit  copies  of  his  report  to  the  forwarding  and  receiving  officers  and 
to  the  officer  authorized  to  pay  the  account.     In  case  the  responsibility  is  fixed  upon 
the  carrier,  the  receiving  officer  will  note  on  the  bill  of  lading  the  deductions  which 
should  be  made  for  such  loss  or  damage  by  the  quartermaster  who  pays  the  account. 


TRANSPORTATION CLOTHING.  165 

The  latter  will  make  the  deduction  and  refund  the  amount  stopped  to  the  proper 
department,  in  the  following  manner,  for  example:  If  from  an  account  of  $100  for 
transportation  services  there  is  a  deduction  of  $25  for  ordnance  stores  lost,  the  quar- 
termaster will  take  credit  under  the  head  "Transportation  of  the  Army"  for  $75  paid 
to  the  carrier,  and  also  for  $25  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United 
States  on  account  of  the  Ordnance  Department;  but  if  the  deduction  is  on  account  of 
forage  lost  by  the  carrier,  he  will  take  credit  on  his  account  current,  under  transpor- 
tation, for  $25  as  carried  to  -'Regular  Supplies,"  under  which  head  he  will  charge 
himself  with  that  amount. 

1149.  Transportation  by  express,  when  in  excess  of  cost  by  ordinary  freight, 
must  be  limited  to  emergencies,  and  vouchers  in  payment  must  show  the  emergency 
and  authority  for  such  transportation.     Upon  application  approved  by  the  depart- 
ment commander,  a  quartermaster  may  transport  public  funds  by  express.     In  such 
cases  he  will  receipt  only  for  so  many  sealed  packages  said  to  contain  so  much  public 
money.     When  an  absent  disbursing  officer  sends  his  check  to  the  order  of  the 
quartermaster,  requesting  him  to  express  the  amount  named  therein,  the  latter  will 
receipt  for  the  actual  amount  to  be  transported.     In  case  of  loss  of  funds  by  unavoid- 
able accident,  the  shipping  officer  will  not  be  held   responsible,  and  the  officer 
accountable  for  the  funds  must  seek  relief  through  application  to  the  Court  of  Claims 
or  to  Congress. 

1150.  Supplies,  issued  to  the  several  States  and  Territories  under  the  laws  for 
arming  and  equipping  the  militia,  will  be  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment for  transportation  and  delivery  at  the  railroad  depot  or  steamboat  dock  near- 
est to  the  point  within  the  State  or  Territory  designated  by  the  governor  thereof. 
Separate  bills  of  lading  will  be  used  in  shipping  this  property. 

1151.  A  quartermaster  is  authorized  to  transport  books  and  musical  instruments 
purchased  for,  or  donated  to,  post  chapels  or  to  post  or  company  libraries,  and  gym- 
nastic and  athletic  appliances  purchased  with  regimental,  exchange,  or  company 
funds,  for  the  use  of  troops,  from  the  nearest  market  to  the  post  or  station  of  the 
troops.     Also  to  furnish  transportation  at  public  expense  for  reading  matter  donated 
for  use  of  the  enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  such  transportation  to  be  furnished  from 
place  of  donation  to  the  post  or  hospital  where  intended  for  use.     All  such  packages 
will  be  impersonally  addressed  and  consigned  to  the  proper  commanding  officer  of 
troops  or  hospitals. 

1152.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  authorized  to  ship  (under  the  regu- 
lations governing  the  transportation  of  military  property,  and  on  the  same  forms  of 
bills  of  lading)  articles  donated  to  the  Medical  Museum  at  Washington,  the  library 
and  museum  of  the  Military  Service  Institution  at  Governors  Island,  X.  Y.,  or  the 
United  States  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  N.  Y.     Packages  will  be  marked 
with  the  name  of  the  institution,  and  sent  in  care  of  the  depot  quartermaster  at 
Washington  or  New  York,  or  the  quartermaster  at  West  Point. 

CLOTHING    AND    EQUIPAGE. 

1153.  A  table  showing  the  price  of  clothing  and  equipage  for  the  Army,  the 
allowance  of  clothing  in  kind  to  each  soldier  for  each  year  of  his  enlistment,  and 
his  clothing  money  allowance  for  each  year  and  month,  also  the  allowance  of  equip- 
age to  officers  and  enlisted  men,  will  be  published  in  orders. 

1154.  Estimates  of  clothing  and  equipage  will  be  made  quarterly,  as  follows:  On 
January  1  for  the  quarter  ending  June  30;  on  April  1  for  the  quarter  ending  Septem- 
ber 30;  on  July  1  for  the  quarter  ending  December  31;  on  October  1  for  the  quarter 
ending  March  31. 

The  commanding  officer  will,  prior  to  the  rendition  of  these  estimates,  ascertain  from 
company  and  detachment  commanders  the  probable  needs  of  each  organization  of 
his  command  for  the  period  covered  by  the  estimates  and  inform  the  quartermaster, 


166  CLOTHING    AND    EQUIPAGE. 

who  will  compare  the  estimates  with  the  actual  issues  to  each  organization  during  the 
previous  six  months. 

1155.  Based  upon  the  estimates  of  the  company  and  detachment  commanders, 
and  upon  their  probable  necessities,  as  shown  by  previous  issues,  the  quartermaster 
will  prepare  the  quarterly  estimates  in  quadruplicate  and  submit  them  to  the  com- 
manding officer  for  his  action. 

These  estimates  will  show  the  number  of  each  article  on  hand  (giving  size)  and 
the  number  probably  required  for  the  period  for  which  the  estimate  is  made.  It  will 
also  show  the  number  of  each  article  surplus  that  can  be  spared  for  issue  at  other 
posts.  When  approved  by  the  commanding  officer,  three  copies  will  be  forwarded 
to  the  chief  quartermaster  of  the  department. 

1 1 56.  The  chief  quartermaster,  upon  receipt  of-  the  several  estimates,  will  care- 
fully revise  the  same  and  note  the  articles  reported  as  surplus  and  available  for  issue 
at  other  posts.     He  will  then  submit  the  estimates  with  his  recommendations  to  the 
department  commander.     Surplus  articles  at  any  post  in  the  department  should  be 
recommended  for  transfer  to  other  posts  where  they  are  required.     Articles  that  can 
not  be  supplied  from  a.  surplus  should  be  recommended  for  supply  from  the  depot 
designated  to  supply  these  articles. 

1157.  After  approval  by  the  department  commander,  the  estimates  amended  to 
show  the  number  of  each  article  not  filled  from  surplus  at  other  posts  will  be  disposed 
of  as  follows: 

One  copy  will  be  retained  in  the  office  of  the  chief  quartermaster  and  the  other 
two  forwarded  direct  to  the  depot  designated  to  supply  these  articles,  so  as  to  reach 
it  not  later  than  February  1,  May  1,  August  1.  and  November  1,  respectively. 

1158.  Should  the  quantity  of  clothing  and  equipage  supplied  upon  the  quarterly 
estimates  prove  inadequate,  a  special  requisition  in  triplicate,  giving  reasons  therefor, 
should  be  made  and  forwarded  to  the  chief  quartermaster,  and  after  approval  by  the 
department  commander,  one  copy  will  be  retained  for  record  in  the  office  of  the  chief 
quartermaster  and  the  remaining  two  copies  forwarded  direct  to  the  supply  depot, 
except  requisitions  for  band  instruments  or  parts  thereof,  which  will  be  sent  to  the 
Quartermaster-General  direct.     In  case  of  absolute  necessity,  call  for  such  articles  as 
are  urgently  needed  may  be  made  by  telegraph. 

1159.  Officers  of  the  recruiting  service  will,  in  order  to  prevent  any  unnecessary 
accumulations  at  their  respective  stations,  forward  special  requisition  for  such  articles 
of  clothing  and  equipage  as  may  be  needed  in  the  immediate  future.     Such  requisi- 
tions will  be  made  in  duplicate  and  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General  direct, 
accompanied  by  a  list  of  such  surplus  property  as  may  be  on  hand  and  not  required. 
The  condition  of  such  property  and  the  sizes  of  the  clothing  will  also  be  stated. 

1160.  To  enable  post  quartermasters  to  form  an  approximate  basis  as  to  the  sizes 
required,  each  company  or  detachment  commander  will,  whenever  called  upon,  fur- 
nish that  officer  with  a  statement  of  the  sizes  of  the  various  garments  worn  by  the 
enlisted  men  composing  said  commands. 

1161.  All  officers  making  estimates  or  requisitions  for  clothing  and  equipage  will 
conform  to  regulations  and  orders  fixing  allowances.     The  following  tables  show  the 
proportion  of  sizes  to  each  hundred  of  the  articles: 


CLOTHING. 


167 


Articles. 

Sizes  and  proportions  of  each. 

To- 
tal. 

100 
100 

100 
100 

100 
100 
100 
100 
100 

100 
100 
100 
100 
100 

100 
100 
100 

100 
100 

100 
100 
100 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

8j 

9 

9i 

10 

10> 

11 

1H 

12 

Coats,  canvas,  fatigue  and  summer  .  .  . 

10 
13 

20 
20 

30 

28 

20 
13 

15 
10 

5 

8 

5 

3 

10 

Gauntlets: 

22 

29 

22 

17 

50 

1 

20 

Gloves: 

10 

22 

29 

22 

17 

White  Berlin 

41  i 

White  woolen                       '  

25 

45 

30 

10 

22 

29 

22 

17 

23 

52 

25 

Mittens: 

?5 

45 

30 

Woolen 

40 

36 

24 

18 
10 

55 
38 

23 

38 

3 

10 

1 

2 

2 

1 

22 
361 

42 

33 

26 

... 

21 

... 

11 
5 

."• 

3 
1 

... 

1 

.001 

Shoes: 

3 
5 

11 
21 

q 

004 

Stable  frocks 

18 

46 

30 

10 

Stockings: 
Cotton 

12 
35 

31 

31 
49 

20 

6 

16 

Woolen                      

Trousers: 

10 
10 
24 

20 
20 
40 

30 

30 
20 

20 

20 
10 

15 
15 

3 

6 
5 
3 

| 

I 

Articles. 

Sizes  and  proportions  of  each. 

Total. 

100 

100 
100 

13 

w 

14 

144 

15 

15* 

16 

30 

19 
19 

11 

7 
7 

17 

8 

2 

2 

17* 

1 

1 
1 

18 

Collars  linen 

1 

2 

10 
6 

15 

28 
30 

86 

32 

32 

1 

1 
1 

Shirts: 
Chambray 

Muslin  

' 

i 

U 

Articles. 

Sizes  and 

proportions  of  each. 

Total. 

31" 

32" 

33" 

34" 

36" 

38" 

40" 

41" 

42" 

44" 

46" 

Drawers: 
Cotton  knit  and  jean 

25 

40 
25 

20 
35 
25 
20 

10 
12 
49 
5 

3 
6 

26 
5 

.... 

1 

4 

1 
2 

"i 

100 
100 
100 
100 

Wool  knit 

15 

Waist  belts  leather 

- 

30 

15 

15 

5 

Articles. 

Sizes  and  proportions  of  each.   . 

Total. 

6* 

6| 

7 

7* 

71 

7| 

7? 

71 

7* 

Caps: 
Canvas  blanket-lined 

6 
8 
6 
6 
6 

21 

22 
23 
21 
21 

31 
30 
24j 
31 
31 

26 
25 
29j 
26 
26 

I'- 
ll 

is 

12 
12 

4 
3t 

3 

100 
100 
100 
100 
100 

Dress.     .             

1 

Fur 

Hats  campaign                            

1 

Helmets  cork 

*         \ 

i 

Articles. 

Sizes  and  proportions  of  each. 

Total. 

1 

1 
1 

1 

» 

.  .  . 

... 

2    2* 

14... 
14... 

14  ... 

8 

17 
17 

17 
17 

17 
26 
17 

6 
6 

6 
6 
6 

6 
6 

4 

it; 

16 

16 
16 
16 
2 
16 

4* 

4i 

5 

Bi 

N 

6 

6*6 

r  7 

n 

8 

9 

Breeches,  service: 
Khaki  cotton,  foot  and  mounted.  . 
Olive  drab,  foot  and  mounted  
Coats: 
Dress  

5 
5 

5 
5 

5 

5 
5 

6 
6 

5 

1 

12 

12 

12 
12 
12 

4 
4 

4 
4 
4 

4 
4 

4 
4 
4 

8 
8 

8 

x 
8 
i 

2   5 
2   '. 

2   '. 
2   ' 

2   ! 

> 
I 

I 
> 

> 

1 

1 

1 
1 
1 

i 
i 

i 

i 
i 

i 
i 

I 

1 

i 

100 
100 

100 
100 
100 
100 
100 

Khaki  cotton  service 

1 

14 

Olive  drab,  service. 

j 

14  ... 

Overcoats,  olive  drab 

15     4 

38     7 
14 

Trousers,  dress 

5 

5 

12*    4 

4 

8 

2   '. 

I   1 

1 

i 

i 

* 

168  CLOTHING    AND    EQUIPAGE. 

The  sizes  furnished  require  very  little,  if  any,  alteration,  and  estimates  should  be 
made  as  near  the  exact  requirements  of  the  men  as  possible. 

1162.  Should  any  of  the  sizes  of  clothing  specified  in  the  foregoing  paragraph 
prove  inadequate,  measurements  stated  upon  prescribed  blanks  will  be  forwarded 
with  the  estimate  for  the  garments.     A  certificate  that  the  enlisted  man  for  whom 
such  clothing  is  intended  can  not  be  fitted  with  the  sizes  of  clothing  furnished  should 
accompany  each  requisition.     Additional  cost  of  manufacture,  as  given  in  annual 
price  list,  will  be  charged  in  each  case. 

1163.  (Blank.) 

1164.  (Blank.) 

1165.  The  clothing  estimated  for  by  each  company  or  detachment  commander 
should,  as  a  rule,  be  held  subject  to  its  wants,  but  in  case  of  need  it  may  be  other- 
wise issued,  and  the  quartermaster  will  then  call  fora  sufficient  quantity  to  replace 
it  if  necessary. 

1166.  When  clothing  is  required  a  schedule  enumerating  the  articles  needed  by 
each  man  and  the  money  value  of  each  article  will  be  prepared  by  the  company  or 
detachment  commander  on  the  prescribed  form.     This  schedule,  approved  by  the 
commanding  officer,  will  be  sent  to  the  quartermaster,  and  when  the  clothing  is 
ready  for  issue  the  commander  of  the  organization  will  be  notified.     Issues  will  be 
made  by  the  quartermaster  in  the  presence  of  the  commander  of  the  organization  or 
other  commissioned  officer  representing  him,  who  will  witness  the  signatures  of  the 
soldiers  upon  the  schedule,  and  this  will  be  returned  to  the  commander  of  the  organ- 
ization with  the  certificate  of  the  quartermaster  that  the  articles  specified  have  all 
been  issued. 

The  schedules  of  issues  to  each  organization  will  be  consolidated  monthly  by  the 
quartermaster  upon  duplicate  abstracts  of  issues.  These  abstracts  will  show  the 
number  of  each  article  issued  and  the  total  value  thereof. 

The  aggregate  money  value  of  all  the  articles  issued  must  agree  exactly  with  the 
aggregate  value  of  issues  to  individuals,  and  the  witnessing  officer  will  make  this 
verification  of  the  accuracy  of  the  schedule  before  certifying  to  the  correctness  of  the 
entries  upon  the  abstract. 

The  commander  of  the  organization  will  certify  on  each  copy  of  the  abstract  that 
the  money  value  of  the  issue  to  each  man  has  been  entered  on  his  clothing  account, 
and  the  witnessing  officer  will  certify  that  the  issues  were  made  as  stated  in  the 
schedule  and  abstract.  If  the  commander  be  also  the  witnessing  officer,  he  will  sign 
both  certificates.  These  entries  on  the  clothing  accounts,  with  date  of  issue  and 
name  of  quartermaster,  will  be  attested  by  the  witnessing  officer.  The  abstract  cer- 
tified as  required  above,  signed  by  the  quartermaster  and  approved  by  the  command- 
ing officer,  will  be  the  voucher  for  dropping  clothing  from  the  return. 

1167.  At  ungarrisoned  or  isolated  stations  where  it  is  impracticable  to  have  the 
issue  witnessed  as  required  by  paragraph  1166,  the  unwitnessed  receipts  of  men  for 
clothing  issued  to  them  will  be  vouchers  to  the  returns  of  the  issuing  officer,  accom- 
panied by  his  certificate  that  he  has  charged  on  their  clothing  accounts  the  money 
value  of  the  articles  issued  or  has  notified  the  proper  officer  to  make  such  charge. 

1 16§.  Each  soldier's  clothing  account  will  be  kept  by  the  company  or  "detachment 
commander  on  the  blank  provided  for  that  purpose.  The  account  will  show  the 
money  value  of  the  clothing  received  by  the  soldier  at  each  issue,  and  his  receipt 
therefor  will  be  taken  on  the  blank. 

1169.  Company  and  detachment  commanders  will  settle  the  clothing  account  of 
every  enlisted  man  of  their  commands  on  June  30  and  December  31  of  each  year, 
without  regard  to  date  of  individual  enlistment.  The  entire  amount  found  due 
the  United  States  will  be  charged  to  the  soldier  upon  the  pay  rolls  for  the  period 
embracing  the  date  of  settlement  and  on  subsequent  rolls  until  the  whole  amount  is 
deducted. 


CLOTHING    ACCOUNTS.  169 

1 1 7O.  The  money  allowance  of  clothing  will  be  allotted  by  half-years,  and  the 
soldier  will  be  credited  at  first  settlement  after  enlistment  with  the  allowance  for 
the  first  half-year,  and  at  each  succeeding  settlement  with  the  allowance  for  corre- 
sponding half-year.      When  a  soldier  is  separated  from  the  service  by  death,  or  by 
discharge  for  the  convenience  of  the  Government  or  on  surgeon's  certificate  of  disa- 
bility, and  he  has  not  already  received  credit  for  the  clothing  allowance  for  the  full 
period  of  his  service  to  date  of  death  or  discharge,  he  will,  in  settlement  of  his 
accounts,  be  credited  with  as  many  sixths  of  the  six  months'  clothing  allowance 
which  would  have  accrued  to  him  on  the  approaching  date  of  settlement  as  the  total 
number  of  months  of  his  service  exceeds  the  total  number  of  months'  clothing  credit 
already  given  him,  an  incomplete  month's  service  being  counted  for  this  purpose  as 
a  full  month.     Thus,  if  such  soldier  has  had  two  years,  three  months,  and  three 
days'  service,  and  has  already  been  credited  with  the  fifth  six  months'  allowance,  he 
is  entitled  to  no  additional  credit;  but  if  he  has  been  credited  with  only  the  fourth 
six  months'  allowance,  he  would  be  given  in  the  settlement  of  his  accounts  an  addi- 
tional credit  of  four-sixths  of  the  six  months'  allowance  which  would  have  accrued 
to  him  on  the  approaching  date  of  settlement.     When  for  the  convenience  of  the 
Government  a  soldier  is  retained  in  the  service  for  a  shorter  period  than  one  month 
after  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment,  no  additional  clothing  allowance  will 
be  given  him  on  discharge;  but  if  he  is  so  retained  in  the  service  for  a  period  of  one 
month  or  longer,  he  will  on  discharge  be  given  for  each  month's  additional  service 
an  additional  clothing  credit  of  one-sixth  of  the  clothing  allowance  of  the  last  six 
months  of  the  enlistment,  an  incomplete  month's  service  being  counted  for  this  pur- 
pose as  a  full  month.     Except  as  herein  prescribed,  no  clothing  allowance  will  be 
given  a  soldier  except  on  the  regular  settlement  dates — June  30  and  December  31. 

1171.  The  soldier  will  be  credited  at  each  settlement  with  the  allowance  fixed 
for  the  grade  he  holds  at  that  date,  without  reference  to  changes  in  his  status  since 
previous  settlement. 

1172.  The  balance  due  the  soldier  at  either  of  these  dates  will  be  credited  to  him 
upon  his  clothing  account.     It  will  not  be  placed  upon  the  pay  rolls,  but  the  final 
balance  due  at  date  of  discharge  will  be  entered  upon  his  final  statements.     In  case 
of  transfer,  the  balance  due  the  soldier  or  the  United  States  will  be  entered  on  the 
descriptive  list.     All  balances  of  this  character  will  be  stated  in  words  and  figures. 

1173.  The  clothing  account  of  a  soldier  who  deserts  should  be  settled  in  full  to 
the  date  of  desertion.     The  balance  due  him  or  the  United  States  will  be  entered 
on  the  next  pay  rolls  after  date  of  desertion.     The  amount  due  the  United  States  or 
the  soldier  at  date  of  desertion  will  be  ascertained  as  though  he  were  discharged 
from  the  service  on  day  prior  to  day  of  desertion. 

1174.  A  deserter  is  entitled  to  clothing  allowance  from  the  date  he  surrenders  or 
is  apprehended,  and  the  amount  due  him  will  be  obtained  from  the  tables  then  and 
subsequently  in  force.     A  new  clothing  account  will  be  opened  without  reference  to 
his  account  at  date  of  desertion. 

1175.  Clothing  allowance  accruing  to  a  soldier  after  return  to  the  service  from 
desertion  will  not  be  used  to  reduce  the  amount  of  the  soldier's  indebtedness  at  date 
of  desertion ;  the  full  amount  of  the  soldier's  indebtedness  must  be  charged  on  the 
roll,  to  be  deducted  by  the  paymaster  when  he  settles  the  soldier's  account. 

1176.  When  the  necessity  for  the  issue  is  certified  by  the  post  commander,  arctic 
overshoes,  fur  gauntlets,  fur  or  blanket-lined  canvas  caps,  and  canvas  or  woolen  mit- 
tens may  be  issued  to  enlisted  men  at  cost  price.     These  articles  will  conform  to 
patterns  in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General  and  do  not  form  part  of  the  annual 
money  allowance  for  clothing. 

1177.  Articles  of  band  uniforms,  including  music  pouches,  that  do  not  form  part 
of  the  annual  clothing  allowance  may  be  issued,  but  not  charged  except  in  case  of 


170  CLOTHING    AND    EQUIPAGE. 

loss  or  damage.     The  articles  thus  issued  without  charge  remain  the  property  of  the 
United  States. 

1178.  There  will  also  be  issued  to  troops  stationed  in  extremely  cold  regions, 
when  the  necessity  for  such  issue  is  certified  by  the  post  commander,  fur  or  blanket- 
lined  canvas  overcoats,  but  only  to  men  performing  guard  duty  or  field  service,  when 
exposure  to  weather  would  jeopardize  life  or  limbs  by  freezing. 

1179.  The  Quartermaster's  Department  is  authorized  to  pay  from  the  appropria- 
tion for  clothing  and  equipage  a  sum  not  exceeding  $1.50  for  the  laundry  work  at 
depots  and  stations  of  each  recruit  who  has  no  funds  of  his  own.     The  expendi- 
ture will  be  charged  on  the  clothing  account  of  the  recruit  and  so  noted  on  his 
descriptive  and  assignment  card. 

11§O.  Commanding  officers  may  order  necessary  issues  of  clothing  to  military 
prisoners  who  have  no  clothing  allowance,  from  deserters'  or  other  damaged  clothing 
when  there  is  such  in  store,  or  from  clothing  specially  provided  for  the  purpose.  The 
receipt  of  the  officer  in  charge  of  the  prisoners  will  be  the  quartermaster's  voucher 
for  such  issue.  The  issue  of  articles  of  the  uniform  under  this  paragraph  will  be 
avoided  if  possible. 

1181.  The  issue  to  general  prisoners  employed  at  outdoor  labor  in  severe  weather 
at  military  posts  of  such  overcoats,  overshoes,  woolen  mittens,  and  flannel  shirts  as, 
in  the  judgment  of  the  department  commander,  may  be  necessary  to  prevent  suffer- 
ing, is  authorized. 

1182.  Gratuitous  issues  of  clothing  may  be  made,  under  the  provisions  of  section 
1298,  Revised  Statutes,  to  replace  articles  destroyed  to  prevent  the  spread  of  conta- 
gious diseases,  upon  the  certificate  of  an  officer  that  the  clothing  was  so  destroyed 
upon  the  recommendation  of  the  medical  officer  named. 

1183.  Should  it  become  necessary  to  issue  new  clothing  for  use  in  the  burial  of  a 
deceased  soldier,  as  in  the  case  of  a  man  who  dies  away  from  his  proper  command 
and  under  circumstances  rendering  such  issues  imperatively  necessary,  the  expense 
of  the  issue  wrill  be  borne  by  the  United  States,  and  the  clothing  will  be  dropped 
from  the  returns  of  the  issuing  officer  on  the  orders  of  the  commanding  officer,  which 
must  recite  the  necessity  for  the  issue. 

1184.  Officers  of  the  Army,  contract  and  dental  surgeons,  and  veterinarians  may 
purchase  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department  such  articles  of  uniform  clothing, 
clothing  materials,  and  equipage  as  they  need,  provided  the  property  is  available. 
They  will  certify  that  the  articles  are  for  their  personal  use. 

1185.  Officers'  servants  will  not  be  permitted  to  wear  clothing  intended  for 
troops,  except  underclothing  and  shoes,  which  may  be  purchased  in  limited  quanti- 
ties, if  available,  upon  the  officer's  certificate  that  they  can  not  be  otherwise  obtained. 

1 186.  Quartermasters  are  authorized  to  drop  from  their  returns  tent  pins  and  ax, 
pickax,  and  hatchet  helves,  upon  officers'  certificates  that  the  articles  have  been  worn 
out  in  service. 

1187.  Estimates  for  tableware  and  kitchen  utensils  wrill  be  made  quarterly  on 
the  dates  and  to  cover  periods  named  in  paragraph  1154.     They  will   be  limited  to 
such  articles  as,  with  those  on  hand  at  the  time  an  estimate  is  submitted,  shall  not 
exceed  in  kind  and  quantity  the  mess  outfit  as  announced  in  the  general  orders  pre- 
scribed in  paragraph  292.     Special  estimates  may  be  made  when  necessary  to  meet 
emergencies,  and  in  such  cases  the  circumstances  constituting  the  emergencies  will 
be  stated. 

1188.  Commanding  officers  of  posts  and  of  all  organizations  supplied  with  table- 
ware and  kitchen  utensils  will  exercise  a  rigid  supervision  and  economy  in  the  care 
and  preservation  of  all  such  articles,  and  any  damaged,  broken,  destroyed,  or  lost 
through  the  carelessness  of  enlisted  men  will  be  charged  against  their  pay,  as  explained 
in  paragraph  690,  and  a  ''statement  of  charges"  on  the  prescribed  form  will  be  filed 
as  a  voucher  with  the  return  from  which  the  articles  are  dropped.     Loss  through 


MUSICAL    INSTRUMENTS BROOMS,   ETC.  171 

breakage  of  china  and  glassware,  not  due  to  carelessness,  may  be  replaced  at  public 
expense  on  proper  requisition,  provided  it  does  not  exceed  20  per  cent  per  annum, 
or  5  per  cent  per  quarter,  of  the  total  value  of  china  and  glassware  to  which  the  mess 
is  entitled  (value  to  be  determined  by  the  prices  given  in  the  annual  price  list),  and 
the  articles  so  replaced  will  be  destroyed  and  dropped  from  returns  in  the  manner 
prescribed  in  paragraph  1186.  Any  excess  of  breakage  will  be  replaced  only  under 
extraordinary  circumstances,  or  when  values  have  been  charged  as  herein  provided, 
and  requisitions  calling  for  such  excess  must  show  clearly  the  circumstances  or  the 
fact  that  charge  has  been  made.  Estimates  calling  for  articles  other  than  china  and 
glassware  must  show  the  necessity  for  them,  and  if  to  replace  articles  lost  or  stolen, 
must  be  accompanied  by  the  report  of  a  surveying  officer,  unless  values  have  been 
charged  as  hereinbefore  directed. 

11  §9.  There  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  all  duly 
authorized  bands  of  the  Army  the  following-named  musical  instruments,  viz :  Db 
piccolo,  terz  and  concert  flutes,  Eb  and  Bb  cornets,  Eb  and  Bb  trumpets,  Eb  and  Bb 
clarionets,  Eb  altos,  Bb  trombones  (valve  or  slide),  Bb  baritones,  Eb,  Bb,  and  BBb 
bassos,  bass  and  snare  drums,  cymbals,  triangles,  music  stands,  and  extra  parts  for 
the  repair  of  the  instruments;  also  batons  with  suitable  cords  and  tassels  for  use  of 
drum  majors  of  all  dismounted  bands.  Mounted  bands  may  be  supplied  with  a  pair 
of  kettledrums  in  lieu  of  the  bass  and  tenor  drums,  cymbals,  and  triangles,  and  also 
with  altos,  trombones,  and  bassos  of  helicon  shape.  A  flugelhorn  may  be  furnished 
in  lieu  of  the  Eb  trumpet,  a  euphonium  in  lieu  of  one  alto,  one  Eb  alto  saxophone, 
and  one  Eb  baritone  saxophone  in  lieu  of  two  cornets;  but  under  no  circumstances 
will  more  than  a  complete  instrumentation  for  28  musicians  be  supplied.  In  making 
requisition  for  band  instruments  a  statement  showing  the  number  and  kind  on  hand 
and  their  condition  should  accompany  the  same.  All  the  property  specified  will  be 
accounted  for  by  the  quartermaster  of  the  regiment.  When  any  instrument  has 
become  unserviceable,  it  will  be  submitted  to  a  surveying  officer.  A  copy  of  his 
report  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster-General  with  a  view  of  having  the 
instrument  repaired,  if  practicable,  or  otherwise  disposed  of.  When  an  instru- 
ment needs  minor  repairs,  involving  only  a  slight  expense,  and  the  work  can  be 
done  in  a  workmanlike  manner  in  the  vicinity  of  the  post,  it  will  not  be  necessary 
to  submit  the  instrument  to  a  surveying  officer.  Such  repair  may  be  secured  upon 
the  written  order  of  the  commanding  officer,  but  a  report  of  the  nature  of  the  work 
and  cost  involved  will  be  made  to  the  Quartermaster-General  through  proper  mili- 
tary channels. 

1190.  There  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  each  field 
battery  two  small  brass  Bb  bugles;  to  every  other  company  two  G  trumpets  with 
F  slides,  and  if  desired,  detachable  F  crooks.     Foot  troops  may  use  the  drums  and 
fifes  in  lieu  thereof,  if  desired  by  regimental  commanders.     Whistles  will  be  fur- 
nished for  such  sergeants,  corporals,  or  musicians  as  are  required  to  use  them.    The 
foregoing  articles  will  conform  to  patterns  in  the  office  of  the  Quartermaster-General, 
and  will  be  accounted  for  as  equipage. 

1 191.  The  allowance  of  corn  brooms,  scrubbing  brushes  and  mops  will  not  exceed 
the  following: 

For  each  organization  having  an  authorized  maximum  strength  of  150  enlisted  men 
or  over,  9  brooms,  6  brushes,  and  3  mops  per  month. 

For  each  organization  having  an  authorized  strength  of  less  than  150  enlisted  men 
and  over  60,  6  brooms,  4  brushes,  and  2  mops  per  month. 

For  each  organization  having  an  organized  strength  of  60  men  or  less,  2  brooms, 
1  brush,  and  1  mop  per  month. 

Three  brooms  and  2  brushes  per  annum  for  each  noncommissioned  officer  entitled 
to  a  room  as  quarters. 

Six  brushes  and  4  mops  per  annum  to  each  post  bakery. 


172  BROOMS,   ETC. TELEGRAPHING. 

Twelve  brooms  and  8  brushes  per  annum  to  each  city  recruiting  station. 

Commanding  officers  may,  when  necessary,  order  the  issue  of  not  to  exceed  6 
brooms  and  6  mops  per  annum  to  each  public  office  and  building  heated  by  the 
Government. 

The  necessity  for  and  the  fact  of  issue  must  in  all  cases  be  certified  by  the  officer 
commanding  the  organization  or  in  charge  of  the  office  or  building  and  verified  by 
the  commanding  officer. 

They  will  habitually  be  drawn  quarterly,  but  may  be  drawn  when  needed.  If  less 
than  the  maximum  allowance  be  drawn  in  one  quarter,  credit  can  not  be  given  in 
another. 

1192.  Commanding  officers  may,  when  necessary,  order  the  issue  of  six  cans  of 
concentrated  lye  and  six  cakes  of  sapolio  per  month  to  each  company,  and  one-half 
that  quantity  to  each  band,  and  the  necessary  quantity  for  buildings  heated  by  the 
Government  and  not  thus  provided  for. 

1193.  The  use  of  serviceable  tents  or  other  canvas  for  any  other  purpose  than 
that  for  which  such  articles  are  furnished  is  prohibited,  except  in  cases  of  emergency 
when  necessary  to  protect  public  property.     When  troops  are  not  engaged  in  active 
service,  all  tentage  (except  shelter  tents),  all  tent  stoves  and  stovepipe  will  habitually 
be  kept  in  storage  by  the  quartermaster. 

TELEGRAPHING. 

1194.  The  telegraph  will  be  used  only  in  cases  of  urgent  and  imperative  necessity, 
in  which  the  delay  consequent  upon  transmission  by  mail  would  be  prejudicial  to 
the  public  interests.     In  cable  dispatches  only  such  words  will  be  sent  as  are  neces- 
sary to  a  clear  understanding  of  their  contents. 

1195.  The  War  Department  Telegraphic  Code  will  be  accounted  for  on  the  post 
return  and  transferred  upon  change  of  post  commanders.     The  post  commander  is 
required  to  retain  the  code  in  his  custody,  and  is  responsible  for  the  key  and  its 
proper  use.     Department  commanders,  from  time  to  time,  and  particularly  when 
post  commanders  are  changed,  will  make  use  of  the  code.     When  military  necessity 
causes  it  to  be  destroyed,  it  should  be  burned  leaf  by  leaf: 

1196.  Accounts  for  telegrams  on  military  business  prepared  on  the  prescribed 
form  in  the  name  of  the  telegraph  company  rendering  the  service  and  accompanied 
by  the  original  telegrams,  in  the  case  of  telegrams  sent  checked  "paid,"  and  in  the 
case  of  telegrams  received  checked  "collect,"  by  the  impression  copies  thereof,  will 
be  paid  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  with  the  the  following  exceptions: 

1.  Accounts  for  reimbursement  of  amounts  paid  by  officers  for  telegraphic  service, 
which  will  be  prepared  upon  prescribed  forms. 

2.  Accounts  for  telegrams  on  public  business  of  a  confidential  nature  when  in  the 
opinion  of  the  officer  receiving  or  sending  them  it  is  improper  that  copies  should 
accompany  the  accounts,  or  where  copies  can  not  be  procured.     When  it  is  question- 
able whether  the  telegrams  are  on  official  business  or  that  the  telegraph  should  have 
been  used,  such  accounts  will  be  accompanied  by  full  explanations  from  the  officer 
who  sends  or  receives  the  telegrams. 

The  accounts  excepted  in  this  paragraph  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Quartermaster- 
General  for  settlement. 

In  settling  accounts  for  telegrams  which  pass  over  the  lines  of  more  than  one  com- 
pany (bond-aided  excepted) ,  payment  may  be  made  011  the  original  telegram  to  the 
initial  company  for  the  entire  service. 

1197.  Telegrams  making  application  for  leave  of  absence  or  extension  of  leave,  or 
of  inquiry  whether  leave  has  been  granted,  and  the  replies  made  thereto  by  tele- 
graph, will  not  be  sent  or  paid  for  as  public  dispatches. 


TELEGRAPHING THE    SUBSISTENCE    DEPARTMENT.  173 

1198.  In  framing  telegrams  all  words  not  important  to  the  sense  will  be  omitted. 
The  last  name  of  the  officer  addressed,  or  his  title,  and  the  last  name  of  the  sendei 
are  generally  sufficient. 

1199.  In  each  territorial  department  a  quartermaster  will  be  assigned  by  the 
department  commander   to  the  duty  of  adjusting  and  settling  telegraph  accounts 
under  the  instructions  of  the  Quartermaster- General. 

1200.  Blank  forms  for  official  telegrams  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster- 
General  for  use  in  the  military  service. 

1201.  Nothing  is  required  of  officers  sending  telegrams  beyond  the  delivery  of 
the  message  to  the  company.     The  proper  quartermaster  will  receive  from  telegraph 
companies  their  accounts,  with  proofs  of  service  (which  should  be  original  telegrams 
whenever  praticable),  and  will  prepare  and  certify  vouchers  for  the  same  and  pay 
them,  or  forward  them  for  settlement  as  is  required  in  paragraph  1196.     Information 
desired  by  telegraph  companies  in  regard  to  military  business  will  be  obtained  from 
the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

1*2O2.  When  telegrams  are  sent  ''collect"  by  private  individuals,  the  nature  of 
the  telegrams  should  govern  the  action  of  the  disbursing  quartermaster.  If  strictly 
on  Government  business,  payment  will  be  made  by  the  United  States. 

1203.  Whenever  special  delivery  is  necessary  to  expedite  the  delivery  of  an 
official  telegram,  or  where  the  place  of  delivery  is  located  beyond  the  established 
free-delivery  limits,  the  officer  filing  the  telegram  for  transmission  should  mark  it 
"special-delivery  charges  paid."     The   special -deli  very  charges,  which  should  be 
included  in  the  bill  of  the  telegraph  company  for  the  transmission  of  the  telegram, 
will  be  paid  by  the  quartermaster  designated  to  pay  the  telegraph  accounts  in  the 
department  in  which  the  telegram  originated. 

If  the  addressee  lives  at  such  a  distance  from  the  telegraph  office  as  to  make  the 
special-delivery  charges  excessive,  and  the  delay  will  not  be  of  a  serious  nature,  the 
telegram  should  be  marked:  "By  mail  from  —  — ,"  indicating  the  name  of  the  tel- 
egraph office  from  which  the  telegram  should  be  mailed. 

TELEPHONING. 

1204.  Where  telephoning  is  practicable,  accounts  for  the  same  may  be  paid  from 
the  appropriation  for  the  payment  of  telegraphic  service. 

ARTICLE  LXXV. 

THE  SUBSISTENCE  DEPARTMENT. 

NOTE.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Subsistence  Department,  prepared  and  published 
tinder  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the  Commissary-General. 
Only  such.regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the 
service. 

GENERAL   DUTIES. 

O2O5.  The  Subsistence  Department  supplies,  from  funds  duly  appropriated  for 
that  purpose,  subsistence  for  enlisted  men  and  others  entitled  thereto,  and  also  sup- 
plies, articles  for  authorized  sales  and  issues. 

The  Commissionary-General  furnishes  lists  of  articles  authorized  to  be  kept  for 
sale,  and  gives  instructions  for  procuring,  distributing,  issuing,  selling  and  accounting 
for  all  subsistence  supplies.^ 

COMMISSARIES. 

12O6.  Purchasing  commissaries  make  purchases  of  supplies  in  accordance  with 
Article  LI,  and  distribute  them  as  directed.  Upon  direct  calls  of  chief  commissa- 
ries they  transfer  to  commissaries  of  posts  and  stations  such  funds  from  the  appro- 


174        SUBSISTENCE    SUPPLIES TEANSFEES STOEEHOUSES. 

priation  " Subsistence  of  the  Army"  and  such  authorized  subsistence  supplies  as  chief 
commissaries,  under  instructions  from  department  commanders,  deem  necessary. 

12O7.  A  chief  commissary  will  make  calls  upon  purchasing  commissaries  desig- 
nated by  the  Commissary-General  for  funds  and  supplies  for  posts  and  stations  super- 
vised by  him,  and  under  instructions  from  the  Commissary-General  will  furnish  funds 
and  supplies  to  posts  within  his  department  which  are  exempted  from  the  super- 
vision of  the  department  commander.  He'  will  keep  a  commissary  book  for  each 
post  and  station,  and  decide  whether  the  quantities  of  articles  called  for  on  requisi- 
tions should  be  allowed,  increased,  or  diminished. 

12O§.  Commissaries  will  make  timely  estimates  and  requisitions,  approved  by 
their  commanding  officers,  for  funds  and  supplies  for  the  troops  with  which  they 
serve,  and  forward  them,  through  military  channels,  to  the  chief  commissaries.  If 
any  of  the  supplies  can  be  obtained  advantageously  in  the  vicinity  of  the  places 
where  needed,  the  fact  will  be  noted  in  detail  on  the  requisitions  by  the  commissaries. 

SUBSISTENCE   SUPPLIES   IN    BULK. 

12O9.  Subsistence  supplies  comprise — 

1.  Subsistence  stores  consisting  of  articles  composing  the  ration,  those  for  other 
authorized  issues,  and  those  furnished  for  sale  to  officers  and  enlisted  men. 

2.  Subsistence  property,  consisting  of  the  necessary  means  for  handling,  preserv- 
ing, issuing,  selling,  and  accounting  for  these  stores. 

I  2 1 0.  When  articles  of  food  in  good  condition  furnished  for  sale  have  accumu- 
lated at  a  post,  and  will  become  damaged  if  kept  on  hand  solely  for  sale,  the  excess 
may  be  issued  to  troops  in  lieu  of  parts  of  the  ration  of  equal  money  value  on  request 
of  company  commanders  for  such  issue.  In  case  of  articles  which  are  equivalents  of 
some  of  the  components  of  the  ration,  issues  may  be  made  in  the  quantities  prescribed 
for  the  components.  Xo  stores  thus  issued  are  to  be  bought  by  the  commissary  as 
savings. 

When  canned  baked  beans  accumulate  at  a  post  in  excess  of  anticipated  demands 
for  travel  rations  or  for  sale,  they  may,  to  prevent  loss  by  deterioration,  be  issued, 
upon  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer,  at  the  rates  prescribed  for  that  article 
when  issued  as  part  of  the  travel  ration. 

1211.  Stores  longest  on  hand,  if  in  fit  condition,  will  be  first  issued,  sold  or 
shipped. 

1212.  Subsistence  supplies  in  good  condition,  but  not  required  for  use,  will  be 
disposed  of  under  the  direction  of  the  Commissary-General.     In  urgent  cases,  such 
as  sudden  abandonment  of  a  post,  liability  to  rapid  deterioration,  etc.,  they  may  be 
sold,  or  otherwise  properly  disposed  of,  on  the  recommendation  of  an  inspecting 
officer,  approved  by  a  commanding  general. 

1213.  Subsistence  supplies  will  not  be  transferred  gratuitously  to  another  staff 
department,  nor  obtained,  issued,  sold,  or  otherwise  disposed  of,  except  as  authorized 
by  regulations. 

TRANSFERS    IN    BULK. 

1214.  When  subsistence  supplies  are  to  be  transported,  the  invoicing  commissary 
will  make  timely  requisition  in  writing  upon  the  proper  quartermaster,  stating  as 
nearly  as  possible  the  kind  and  amount  of  supplies  to  be  transported,  when  they  will 
be  ready  for  delivery,  when  they  should  reach  their  destination,  and  any  other  infor- 
mation relating  thereto  which  the  quartermaster  should  possess.     The  commissary 
will  give  the  quartermaster  invoices  in  duplicate  of  the  packages  and  their  contents 
as  marked  and  obtain  from  him  receipts  in  duplicate.     The  commissary  will  for- 
ward similar  invoices  in  duplicate  to  the  consignee  and  obtain  receipts  in  duplicate 
from  him. 

STOREHOUSES. 

1215.  Storehouses,  sheds,  paulins,  or  other  means  of  covering  and  -protecting 
subsistence  supplies  will  ordinarily  be  provided  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 


FRESH    MEATS THE    EATION. 


175 


1216.  Coal  oil,  gunpowder,  quicklime,  or  other  articles  of  like  dangerous  nature 
will  not  be  kept  in  or  near  subsistence  storehouses. 


FRESH    MEATS. 


Fresh  meats  from  the  block  will  usually  be  provided  for  troops  by  con- 
tract. Beef  cattle  will  ordinarily  be  purchased  only  when  necessary  for  supplying 
beef  to  troops  in  campaign  or  on  the  march. 


THE   RATION. 


'  121§.  A  ration  is  the  allowance  for  the  subsistence  of  one  person  for  one  day  and 
varies  in  components  according  to  the  station  of  the  troops  or  the  nature  of  the  duty 
performed,  being  severally  known  as  the  garrison  ration,  the  field  ration,  the  travel 
ration,  the  Filipino  ration,  and  the  emergency  ration.  The  garrison  rktion  is  issued 
to  troops  in  garrison  or  in  permanent  camps;  the  field  ration  to  troops  not  in  garrison 
or  permanent  camps;  the  travel  ration  to  troops  traveling  otherwise  than  by  march- 
ing, or  when  for  short  periods  they  are  separated  from  cooking  facilities;  the  Filipino 
ration  for  use  of  the  Philippine  scouts,  and  the  emergency  ration  to  troops  in  active 
campaign  for  use  on  occasions  of  emergency. 

1219.  Enlisted  men,  prisoners  of  war,  military  prisoners  at  posts,  hospital  mat- 
rons, and  nurses  in  the  Nurse  Corps  are  each  entitled  to  one  ration  in  kind  per  day. 
according  to  the  station  or  the  nature  of  the  service;  and  when  the  rate  of  pay  of  a 
civilian  employed  with  the  Army  does  not  exceed  $60  per  month,  if  the  circum- 
stances of  his  service  make  it  necessary  and  the  terms  of  his  engagement  provide  for 
it,  there  may  be  issued  to  him  in  kind  one  garrison  or  field  ration  per  day,  according 
to  the  exigencies  of  the  case.     Civilian  employees  traveling  with  organizations  of 
troops  will  be  rationed  as  are  the  organizations. 

1220.  Rations  will  be  furnished  to  officers  and  men  of  the  Marine  Corps  and  to 
officers  and  seamen  of  the  Navy  when  acting,  or  proceeding  to  act,  in  cooperation 
with  the  land  forces  of  the  United  States,  in  conformity  to  the  requirements  of  sec- 
tion 1143  of  the  Revised  Statutes. 

1221.  The  kinds  and  quantities  of  articles  composing  the  garrison  ration,  the 
field  ration,  the  travel  ration,  and  the  Filipino  ration,  and  the  quantities  computed 
for  100  rations,  are  as  follows: 

1.  GARRISON  RATION. 


Articles. 

Quantities  per 
ration. 

Quantities  per  100  rations. 

Ounces. 

Gills. 

Pounds. 

Ounces. 

Gallons. 

MEAT  COMPONENTS. 

Fresh  beef  

20 

20 
«12 

125 

125 
75 

100 
87 
112 
100 

112 
112 

100 
125 

15 
15 
10 
10 

or  fresh  mutton,  when  the  cost  does  not  exceed 
that  of  beef  

or  bacon.  .... 

or  canned  meat,  when  impracticable  to  furnish 
fresh  meat 

16 
14 
18 
16 

18 
18 

16 
20 

1 

or  dried  fish  

8 
8 

or  pickled  fish 

or  canned  fish  

BRE-AD  COMPONENTS. 

Flour  

8 
8 

or  soft  bread 

or  hard  bread,  to  be  ordered  issued  only  when 
impracticable  to  use  flour  or  soft  bread  

or  corn  meal  

VEGETABLE  COMPONENTS.  6 

Beans  

or  pease 

or  rice  

or  hominv... 

n  In  Alaska,  16  ounces  bacon  or,  when  desired,  16  ounces  salt  pork  or  22  ounces  salt  beef. 
b  In  Alaska  the  allowance  of  fresh  vegetables  will  be  24  ounces  instead  of  16  ounces. 


176 


GARRISON    RATION FIELD    RATION. 

1.  GARRISON  RATION— Continued. 


Articles. 

Quantities  per 
ration. 

Quantities  per  100  rations. 

Ounces. 

Gills. 

Pounds. 

Ounces. 

Gallons. 

VEGETABLE  COMPONENTS  —  Continued. 

Potatoes        .         

16 
16 

16 

16 
2i 

100 
100 

100 

100 
15 

10 

10 
8 
2 
20 

or  potatoes  12f  ounces  and  onions  3£  ounces  
or  potatoes  12|  ounces  and  canned  tomatoes  3£ 
ounces  

or  potatoes  11£  ounces  and  other  fresh  vegeta- 
bles (not  canned)  4f  ounces,  when  they  can 
be  obtained  in  the  vicinity  or  transported 
in  a  wholesome  condition  from  a  distance.  .  . 
or  desiccated  vegetables,**  when  impracticable 
to  furnish  fresh  vegetables 

FRUIT  COMPONENT. 

Dried  or  evaporated   fruits   (prunes,    apples,   or 
peaches),  30  per  cent  of  the  issue  to  be  prunes, 
when  practicable 

13 

ITJTJ 

COFFEE  AND  SUGAR  COMPONENTS. 

Coffee  green 

or  roasted  and  ground  coffee 

or  tea  black  or  green 

Sugar 

SEASONING  COMPONENTS. 

Vinegar 

s 

1 

1 

or  vinegar  2\  gill  and  cucumber  pickles  ^  gill  . 
Salt 

£ 

M 
& 

4 

4 

SOAP  AND  CANDLE  COMPONENTS. 

Soap 

4 
1 

Candles  b  (when  illumination  is  not  furnished  by 
the  Quartermaster's  Department) 



8 

a  In  Alaska,  3f  ounces  instead  of  2f  ounces.  &  In  Alaska,  385  ounce  instead  of  565  ounce. 

2.  FIELD  RATION. 


Articles. 

Quantities  per 
ration. 

Quantities  per  100  rations. 

Ounces.  I     Gills. 

Pounds. 

Ounces. 

Gallons. 

MEAT  COMPONENTS. 

Fresh  beef  or  mutton,  when  procurable  locally  
or  canned  meat,  when  fresh  meat  can  not  be 

20 

16 
12 

18 
18 
16 

g 

* 

8 

16 

16 
2f 

2§ 
5Jt 

125 

100 
75 

112 
112 
100 
4 

or  bacon 

BREAD   COMPONENTS. 

Flour 

8 
8 

Baking  powder,  when  ovens  are  not  available  

2 

4 

or  dried  or  compressed  yeast,  when  ovens  are 

VEGETABLE  COMPONENTS. 

15 
10 

100 

100 
15 

15 
32 

or  potatoes  124  ounces,  and  onions  3£  ounces, 

or  desiccated  potatoes  Iff  ounces,  and  desic- 

or  desiccated  potatoes  Iff  ounces,  and  canned 
tomatoes  3i  ounces  .  .  . 

FIELD,   TRAVEL,   AND    FILIPINO    RATIONS. 

2.  FIELD    RATION— Continued. 


177 


Articles. 

Quantities  per 
ration. 

Quantities  per  100  rations. 

Ounces. 

Gills. 

Pounds. 

Ounces. 

Gallons. 

FRUIT  COMPONENT. 

If 

8 

8 
2 
20 

12 

COFFEE  AND  SUGAR   COMPONENTS. 

or  tea  black  or  green                                    ^  .  

SEASONING  COMPONENTS. 

Vinegar                                                            

ft 

1 
1 

or  vinegar  w^  gill  and  cucumber  pickles  £%  gill' 

Salt 

16 

4 

Pepper  black 

I 

4 

SOAP  AND  CANDLE  COMPONENTS. 

Soap                                                        

i 

4 
1 

Candles 

8 

3.  TRAVEL  RATION. 


Articles. 

Per  100  ra- 
tions. 

Soft  bread 

Pounds. 

or  hard  bread                                                                     

100 

Canned  corned  beef  or  corned-beef  hash 

75 

Ba  ked  beans                           .     ..          .                    

25 

Canned  tomatoes 

50 

Coffee,  roasted  and  ground  

8 

Sugar 

15 

4.  FILIPINO  RATION. 


Articles. 

Quantities  per 
ration. 

Quantities  per  100  rations. 

Ounces. 

Gills, 

Pounds. 

Ounces. 

Quart. 

MEAT  COMPONENTS. 

Fresh  beef 

12 
8 
8 
12 
12 

8 
8 

* 

20 
8 
8 
1* 

1 
2 

75 
50 
50 
75 
75 

50 
50 

2 

125 
50 
50 

7 

6 
12 

or  bacon  

or  canned  meat 

or  canned  fish  

or  fresh  fish  

.......... 

BREAD  COMPONENTS. 

Flour 

or  hard  bread  

Baking  powder  (when  in  field  and  ovens  are  not 
available)  

VEGETABLE  COMPONENTS. 

Rice  .      . 

Potatoes  

or  onions  .     . 

1"" 

or  desiccated  vegetables  

8 

4 

8. 

COFFEE  AND  SUGAR  COMPONENTS. 

Coffee,  roasted  and  ground 

Sugar.       .  ' 

SEASONING  COMPONENTS. 

Vinegar  .  . 

225 

1 

Salt  

X 
8 

4 

Pepper,  black  

2 

SOAP  AND  CANDLE  COMPONENTS. 

Soap  

4 

Candles  . 

12 

5828—04 12 


178  RATIONS LIQUID    COFFEE. 

1 222.  Food  on  transports  for  troops  traveling  will  be  prepared  from  the  articles 
of  subsistence  stores  which  compose  the  ration  for  troops  in  garrison,  varied  by  the 
substitution  of  other  articles  of  authorized  subsistence  stores  of  equal  money  value 
when  required.      No  savings  will  be  allowed  to  troops  on  transports. 

1223.  Troops  on  active  campaign  may  be  supplied  with  an  emergency  ration, 
prepared  under  direction  of  the  War  Department,  which  will  not  be  used  at  any 
time  or  place  where  regular  rations  are  obtainable,  except  in  such  limited  issues  as 
may  be  necessary  to  familiarize  the  troops  with  its  use.    It  will  be  carried  in  the  hav- 
ersack or  saddlebags,  and  accounted  for  at  inspection,  etc.,  by  the  soldier.    It  will  not 
be  opened  except  by  order  of  an  officer,  or  in  extremity.     If  improperly  opened  or 
lost  the  money  value  will  be  charged  against  the  soldier. 

1224.  Fresh  meats  will  ordinarily  be  issued  seven  days  in  ten  and  salt  meats  three 
days  in  ten.     If  fish  (dried,  pickled,  or  canned)  is  issued  it  will  be  in  substitution  of 
salt  meat.     The  proportion  of  the  meat  issues  to  troops  may  be  varied  at  the  discre- 
tion of  department  commanders,  not,  however,  without  due  consideration  being 
given  to  the  equitable  rights  of  contractors  engaged  in  furnishing  fresh  meats  to  the 
troops  under  their  commands.      Whenever  the  issue  of  both  the  fresh  meat  and 
vegetable  components  is  impracticable,  there  may  be  issued  in  lieu  of  them  canned 
fresh-beef-and-vegetable  stew,  or  fresh-beef  hash,  or  corned-beef  hash,  at  the  rate  of 
28i  ounces  to  the  ration.     The  meat  component  to  which  the  sick  in  hospital,  draw- 
ing rations  in  kind,  are  entitled  may,  at  the  discretion  of  the  medical  officer,  be 
called  for  and  issued  wholly  in  fresh  beef,  or  partly  in  fresh  beef  and  partly  in  salt 
meats. 

1225.  When  troops  are  not  supplied  with  fresh  or  desiccated  vegetables  in  kind 
by  the  commissary,  or  when  under  paragraph  349  the  troops  raise  vegetables  for  their 
own  use  in  post  gardens,  and  such  use  does  not  prejudice  the  interests  of  any  con- 
tractor under  his  contract  for  supplying  fresh  vegetables  to  the  post,  commutation  of 
the  fresh-vegetable  portion  of  their  rations  will  be  allowed  by  the  commissary  at  the 
prices  of  potatoes  and  onions  in  the  vicinity  of  the  post,  or  in  the  market  from  which 
the  post  is  supplied,  in  the  proportion  of  80  per  cent  of  potatoes  and  20  per  cent  of 
onions,  the  commutation  prices  being  determined  monthly  by  the  chief  commissary 
of  the  department  in  which  the  post  is  situated.    Where  the  raising  of  vegetables  in  a 
post  garden  is  contemplated,  the  post  commissary,  with  the  approval  of  the  post  com- 
mander, will  notify  the  chief  commissary  of  the  period  during  which  the  post  garden 
will  be  relied  upon  for  vegetables,  and  that  period  will  be  excepted  from  the  opera- 
tion of  any  contract  that  may  be  made  for  supplying  vegetables  to  the  post. 

1226.  At  posts  and  stations  where  illumination  is  furnished  by  the  quartermas- 
ter's department,  candles  are  not  issued  as  part  of  the  ration  except  to  individuals 
whom  it  is  not  practicable  for  that  department  to  supply  with  illuminants. 

1227.  When  troops  supplied  with  travel  rations  arrive  at  their  destination  or 
rejoin  their  station,  such  of  the  travel  rations  furnished  thejpn  in  excess  of  the  time 
actually  consumed  by  the  journey  as  may  be  in  good  condition  will  be  turned  in  to 
the  commissary  in  exchange  for  the  regular  ration,  and  subsistence  upon  the  latter 
will  thereupon  be  immediately  resumed. 

1228.  In  adjusting  charges  to  be  made  against  enlisted  men  or  others  on  account 
of  increased  expense  to  the  Government  for  their  subsistence,  the  value  of  the  garri- 
son, field,  and  Filipino  rations  will  be  estimated  at  20  cents  each;  that  of  the  travel 
ration  at  40  cents. 

LIQUID    COFFEE. 

1229.  When  enlisted  men  supplied  with  cooked  or  travel  rations  travel  unaccom- 
panied by  an  officer,  funds  for  the  purchase  of  liquid  coffee  in  lieu  of  the  coffee  and 
sugar  portion  of  the  travel  ration,  at  the  rate  of  21  cents  per  day  for  the  anticipated 
number  of  days'  travel,  may,  on  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer  who  directs  the 
journey,  be  paid  to  each  man  and  his  receipt  therefor  taken  on  a  receipt  roll,  which 


ISSUES    OF    RATIONS.  179 

must  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  order.  When  enlisted  men  supplied  with 
cooked  or  travel  rations  travel  under  command  of  an  officer,  funds  at  the  same  rate 
for  the  same  purpose  will  be  transferred  to  him,  to  be  disbursed  and  accounted  for. 
At  the  end  of  the  journey  all  money  in  excess  of  21  cents  per  day  per  man  for  the 
actual  number  of  days  traveled  will  be  transferred  to  the  nearest  commissary. 
Should  any  part  of  the  21  cents  per  day  per  man  for  the  actual  number  of  days 
traveled  be  unexpended,  it  will  be  transferred  to  company  commanders  pro  rata,  to 
be  taken  up  by  them  as  part  of  the  company  fund. 

ISSUES   OF   RATIONS. 

1230.  Issues  of  rations  to  troops  will  be  made  on  ration  returns  signed  by  the 
immediate  commanders  of  the  organizations,  and  the  issues  ordered  by  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  post  or  station.     Kation  returns  will  be  made  for  the  individ- 
uals of  the  organizations  actually  present,  and  for  only  such  quantities  as  the  organi- 
zations can  receive  and  properly  care  for,  and  will  be  presented  at  the  place  where 
and  time  when  rations  are  due.    Ration  returns  (Form  No.  53,  for  a  company,  troop, 
battery,  detachment,  etc.,  and  Form  No.  66,  for  a  regiment,  or,  ordinarily  for  the 
total  of  separate  organizations  at  a  post)  will,  whenever  practicable,  be  made  and 
submitted  with  the  morning  reports  on    the  following  dates  and  will  cover  the 
following  ration  periods:  On  the  day  preceding  the  first  day  of  the  month,   for 
the  ration  period  from  the  first  to  the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  both  days  inclu- 
sive; on  the  tenth  day  of  the  month,  for  the  ration  period  from  the  eleventh  to 
the  twentieth  day  of  the  month,  both  days  inclusive;  on  the  twentieth  day  of  the 
month,  for  the  ration  period  from  the  twenty-first  to  the  last  day  of  the  month,  both 
days  inclusive;  and  will  be  based  upon  the  full  strength  present  on  the  days  of  sub- 
mission as  shown  by  the  accompanying  morning  reports  for  those  days.     Command- 
ing officers  of  organizations  will  give  special  attention  to  the  duty  of  adding  and 
deducting  rations  on  the  returns  on  account  of  men  joining  and  leaving  during  the 
immediately  preceding  ration  periods,  and  post  and  regimental  commanders  before 
approving  such  returns  for  issue  will  cause  the  additions  and  deductions  thereon  to 
be  verified  from  the  morning  reports  on  file.     The  days  for  drawing  the  rations  from 
the  commissary  will  be  fixed  by  the  post  or  brigade  commander.     Rations  will  not 
be  issued  for  a  past  period  if  troops  have  been  sufficiently  subsisted,  nor  will  back 
rations  be  purchased  as  savings. 

1231.  The  ration  returns  (Form  No.  53)  of  all  separate  organizations  of  a  regi- 
ment or  post  for  the  same  ration  period  will  be  entered  by  the  regimental  or  post 
adjutant  upon  the  consolidated  ration  return  (Form  No.  66),  which  latter  return 
after  approval  by  the  regimental  or  post  commander  will  be  issued  upon  by  the 
commissary,  care  being  exercised  by  the  regimental  and  post  commanders  to  see 
that  all  additions  and  deductions  of  rations  have  been  correctly  made  (A.  R.  1230). 
The  commissary  will  enter  the  totals  of  the  consolidated  ration  return  on  his 
abstract  of  issues  (Form  No.  40),  and  there  will  be  shown  in  the  proper  column  on 
the  abstract  the  several  organizations  for  whom  issues  were  made,  giving  the  strength 
of  each. 

1232.  The  ration  as  issued  to  troops  wrll  be  issued  on  ration  returns,  signed  by 
the  medical  officer  in  charge  and  approved  by  the  commanding  officer,  to  the  hos- 
pital corps,  the  hospital  matrons,  the  nurses  of  the  nurse  corps,  and  to  such  patients 
in  hospital  as  can  be  subsisted  on  the  ration  as  ordinarly  issued. 

1233.  Issues  of  rations  to  civilians  employed  with  the  Army  will  be  made  on 
ration  returns  signed  by  the  officers  in  charge  of  the  employees,  when  ordered  by 
the  commanding  officer. 

1234.  Subsistence  supplies  will  be  issued  to  the  organized  militia  of  the  several 
States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
of  ''An  act  to  promote  the.  efficiency  of  the  militia,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved 
January  21,  1903,  upon  proper  requisition  therefor. 


180  ISSUES    OF    RATIONS. 

1235.  The  medical  officer  in  charge  of  a  general,  post,  or  camp  hospital,  hospital 
ship,  or  transport  carrying  patients  is  authorized  to  purchase,  in  conformity  with  the 
requirements  of  Article  LVI,  such  articles  of  food,  both  solid  and  liquid,  not  carried 
in  stock  by  the  subsistence  officer  who  issues  rations  to  the  hospital,  and  to  call  upon 
such  subsistence  officer  for  the  issue  of  such  quantities  of  articles  from  the  stock 
already  on  hand  as,  in  the  judgment  of  the  medical  officer,  are  required  for  the  diet 
of  enlisted  patients  under  his  charge  who  are  too  sick  to  be  subsisted  on  the  ration 
as  ordinarily  issued;  the  total  combined  money  value  of  the  stores  hereby  authorized 
to  be  purchased  and  issued  as  above  in  any  month  not  to  exceed  the  rate  calculated 
on  the  month's  transactions  of  40  cents  per  man  per  day  for  those  actually  requiring 
special  diet.     Subsistence  officers  are  authorized  to  pay  all  duly  certified  bills  of, 
purchases  made  by  medical  officers  under  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph,  or  to 
make  the  purchases  themselves  at  the  request  of  the  medical  officers,  and  to  make 
issues  for  special  diet  hereunder  from  stores  on  hand  at  their  request,  provided  the 
rate  of  40  cents  per  man  per  day  for  those  enlisted  men  actually  requiring  special 
diet  is  not  exceeded  in  any  month.     No  article  from  the  special  diet  allowance  will 
be  purchased  from  any  other  source  so  long  as  the  Subsistence  Department  has  it 
in  stock. 

1236.  When  a  ration  has  been  drawn  by  the  hospital  for  an  enlisted  patient  for 
a  ration  period  and  it  becomes  necessary  during  that  period  to  put  him  upon  special 
diet,  due  deductions  will  be  made  by  the  surgeon  in  charge  on  the  next  ration  return 
of  the  hospital  for  the  rations  unused  by  him;  and,  reciprocally,  when  a  patient  on 
special  diet  has  been  restored  in  a  ration  period  to  regular  diet,  the  necessary  addi- 
tions will  be  made  on  the  next  ration  return  of  the  hospital  for  the  rations  used  by 
him. 

1237.  Medical  officers  having  enlisted  patients  on  special  diet  will  make  return 
of  such  patients  at  the  end  of  each  month  on  Form  No.  69,  Subsistence  Department, 
and  send  the  same  to  the  subsistence  officer.     After  the  subsistence  officer  has  entered 
the  vouchers  for  purchases  and  the  articles  issued  for  special  diet  and  deduced  the 
rate  per  man  per  day  \vhich  the  special  diet  for  the  month  has  cost,  the  certificates  at 
the  foot  of  the  form  will  be  duly  executed  by  the  medical  officer  and  the  subsistence 
officer.     The  form  will  then  be  submitted  to  the  commanding  officer  for  his  approval, 
after  which  it  will  be  filed  with  the  subsistence  officer.     If  the  medical  officer  has 
made  open-market  emergency  purchase  exceeding  $200  in  amount,  the  report  on 
Form  No.  9  (required  by  paragraph  552)  signed  by  him  will  be  furnished  the  sub- 
sistence officer.     As  authorized  articles  of  special  diet  are  immediately  expendable 
by  the  medical  officers,  Form  No.  69  when  duly  executed  will  be  accepted  by  the 
Commissary-General  as  the  return  of  the  medical  officer  for  the  subsistence  stores 
involved.     Purchase  vouchers  certified  by  medical  officers  will  state  that  the  stores 
will  be  accounted  for  "on  Form  No.  69,  to  be  filed  with  the  return  of  subsistence 
stores  of for  the  month  of  —     — ,  190 — ." 

123§.  The  formation  of  a  hospital  fund  from  articles  purchased  for  special  diet 
for  enlisted  men  too  sick  to  use  the  army  ration,  or  the  application  of  such  articles 
to  uses  other  than  those  for  which  intended,  is  prohibited.  Such  articles  will,  as  far 
as  practicable,  be  procured  in  quantities  sufficient  for  the  needs  of  specific  patients 
only,  and  no  large  accumulations  will  be  made.  Nothing  in  this  regulation  will  be 
construed  to  prevent  the  maintenance  of  a  hospital  fund  from  savings  of  the  rations 
of  the  Hospital  Corps,  and  the  patients  who  do  not  require  special  diet. 

1239.  Issues  of  rations  will  be  made  in  the  full  net  weight  or  measure  of  the 
articles  called  for.  Articles  required  for  consumption  will  be  removed  from  the 
storehouse.  Those  remaining  will  be  settled  for  as  savings,  under  paragraphs  1246, 
1247,  and  1248.  No  articles  once  removed  from  the  storehouse  will  be  purchased  as 
savings,  except  on  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer. 


ISSUES    OF    RATIONS OTHER    ISSUES. 


181 


1*2  10.  When  one,  two,  or  three  enlisted  men  travel  under  orders,  the  travel  order 
of  each  man  will  have  indorsed  on  it  the  certificate  of  his  commanding  officer  as  to 
the  time  to  which  he  was  last  rationed,  etc.,  in  the  form  prescribed  by  paragraph  1258, 
and  if  commutation  of  rations  is  allowed  it  will  be  paid  in  the  manner  directed  by 
that  paragraph.  Travel  orders  retained  by  soldiers  will  be  turned  over  to  the  com- 
missary from  whom  rations  are  next  to  be  drawn,  who  will  file  them  with  his 
abstract  of  issues,  or  his  receipt  roll  of  commutation  paid,  as  the  case  may  require. 
When  any  considerable  detachment  of  enlisted  men  leaves  a  post  or  command,  the 
detachment  commander  will  be  furnished  by  the  commissary  with  a  ration  certifi- 
cate giving  the  number  of  men  and  the  organizations  to  which  they  belong,  and  set- 
ting forth  the  date  to  which,  and  by  whom,  rations  were  last  issued  for  them,  Avhich 
ration  certificate  wall  be  presented  to  the  commissary  from  whom  rations  are  next 
drawn,  who  will  file  it  with  his  abstract  of  issues.  Employees  entitled  to  rations 
are,  when  detached,  furnished  with  ration  certificates. 

1241.  When  a  person  entitled  to  rations  leaves  an  organization  or  is  ordered  to 
travel  with  travel  rations,  the  rations  issued  to  him  for  any  period  beyond  the  date 
of  his  leaving  and  not  taken  with  him  will  be  deducted  on  the  next  ration  return  of 
the  organization.  The  ration  return  of  an  organization  will  include  all  persons 
belonging  to  it  who  are  to  draw  their  rations  separately;  the  names  of  such  persons 
will  be  written  on  the  ration  return. 


OTHER    ISSUES    OF   SUBSISTENCE    .STOKES. 

I  V2  1*2.  The  following  issues  are  made  when  necessary  for  the  public  service: 


Articles. 


Allowance. 


Quantity  in    Equivalent 
bulk.  in  rations. 


1.  Candles,  when  oil,  gas,  or  electricity  for  illuminating  purposes  is  not 

furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department: 

To  headquarters  of  a  division  or  deparment,  per  month '. 

To  headquarters  in  the  field— 

Of  each  separate  army,  when  composed  of  more  than  one  corps, 

per  month 

Of  an  army  corps,  per  month 

Of  a  division,  per  month 

Of  a  brigade  or  regiment,  per  month 

Of  a  battalion  or  squadron,  pep  month 

To  a  division  hospital,  per  month 

To  a  brigade  hospital,  per  month 

To  a  regimental  hospital,  per  month 

To  offices  and  storerooms— 

Of  the  chief  quartermaster  or  chief  commissary  of  a  department 

or  depot  of  supply,  from  April  1  to  September  30,  per  month. . . 

Of  the  quartermaster  or  commissary  of  a  post,  from  April  1  to 

September  30,  per  month 

From  October  1  to  March  31,  not  exceeding  double  the  above 

quantities. 
To  guards — 

To  the  principal  guard  of  each  camp,  per  month 

2.  Lantern  candles: 

To  stables- 
Such  number  of  pounds  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order 
as  necessary. 

3.  Matches: 

For  lighting  fires  and  lamps  for  which  fuel  and  illuminating-  sup- 
plies are  issued— 

Such  quantities  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as  neces- 
sary. 

4.  Toilet  paper: 

For  use  of  enlisted  men  stationed  at  such  military  posts  and  camps 
as  are  provided  with  modern  water-closets  with  sewer  connec- 
tions— 
For  each  two  enlisted  men,  per  month,  one  package  or  roll  of  1,000 

sheets. 

For  use  in  water-closets  of  post  guardhouses  where  such  closets  have 
sewer  connecting— 

Such  quantities  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as  neces- 
sary. 


30  pounds.. 


40  pounds. 
30  pounds. 
20  pounds. 
10  pounds. 
10  pounds. 
40  pounds. 
30  pounds. 
20  pounds. 


10  pounds. 
5  pounds. 


12  pounds.. 


2,000 


2,667 

2,000 

1,333 

667 

667 

2, 667 

2,000 

1,333 


G67 


soo 


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ISSUES    OF    SUBSISTENCE    STOKES. 


Articles. 


Allowance. 


Quantity  in   Equivalent 
bulk.          in  rations. 


5.  Salt,  rock: 

For  public  animals — 

For  each  animal,  per  week 

Or,  when  in  the  opinion  of  the  commanding  officer  so  much  is 
necessary,  not  exceeding,  per  month 

6.  Vinegar: 

For  every  100  public  horses  or  mules,  for  sanitary  purposes- 
Such  amount  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as  necessary, 
not  exceeding,  per  week '... 

7.  Flour: 

For  paste  used  in  target  practice — 

Such  quantity  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order  as  neces- 
sary, not  to  exceed  50  pounds  for  each  troop*  battery,  or  com- 
pany during  the  target-practice  season. 

8.  Towels,  buck: 

For  use  in  the  offices  of  the  adjutant,  quartermaster,  and  com- 


9.  Ice: 


4  ounces . 
llb.Soz. 


2  gallons... 


6| 


200 


Such  number  as  the  commanding  officer  may  order,  not  to  ex- 
ceed twelve  per  year,  for  each  office. 

Where  ice  can  be  furnished  to  organizations  of  enlisted  men  of  the 
Army  it  may  be  issued  by  the  Subsistence  Department  where 
rations  are  issued  in  kind  at  not  more  than  two  (2)  pounds  for 
each  ration  subject  to  the  following  conditions: 

The  maximum  allowance  to  any  organization  or  detachment  to 
be  100  pounds  per  day.  No  allowance  of  ice  will  be  made  to  troops 
stationed  north  of  the  43d  parallel  of  north  latitude,  except  as 
provided  below.  To  troops  stationed  between  the  37th  and  43d 
parallels  of  north  latitude  and  in  the  States  of  Washington,  Ore- 
gon, and  Idaho  the  allowance  will  be  for  six  months  only,  be- 
ginning the  16th  of  April  and  ending  the  15th  of  October.  To 
troops  stationed  south  of  the  37th  parallel  of  north  latitude  the 
allowance  will  be  for  the  whole  year.  No  savings  or  wastage 
will  be  allowed  on  ice.  Allowance  of  ice  will  not  be  subject  to 
commutation. 


At  posts  or  other  places  where  troops  are  stationed  where  ice  plants  are  operated 
by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  the  authorized  issues  of  ice  to  troops  and  to  the 
Subsistence  Department  for  the  preservation  of  subsistence  stores  will  be  made  by 
the  Quartermaster's  Department  upon  requisitions  approved  by  the  commanding 
officer. 

The  issues  are  made  on  ration  returns  signed  by  the  officer  in  charge  and  issues  are 
ordered  by  the  commanding  officer,  the  latter  determining  what  quantities,  within 
the  limits  above  prescribed,  shall  be  issued.  Candles,  rock  salt,  vinegar,  and  flour 
for  the  foregoing  purposes  are  entered  on  the  ration  returns  and  on  the  abstract  of 
issues  in  terms  of  rations,  ice  and  lantern  candles  in  pounds,  toilet  paper  in  rolls  or 
packages,  and  matches  in  boxes.  The  returns  and  abstract  show  for  what  places  the 
candles,  towels,  and  toilet  paper  are  intended,  and  the  number  of  animals  and  period 
for  which  rock  salt  and  vinegar  are  drawn,  giving  the  troop,  battery,  etc.,  to  which 
they  belong.  Towels  will  be  issued  on  receipts  to  the  commissary.  They  will  not  be 
accounted  for  on  the  returns  of  the  officers  receiving  them,  but  will  be  continued  in 
use  until  worn  out. 

1243.  Such  of  the  following  articles  as  may  be  necessary,  not  to  exceed  in  value  50 
cents  per  month  for  each  general  prisoner  confined  at  a  military  post  without  pay  or 
allowances,  will  be  issued  by  commissaries  on  the  15th  day  of  each  month  to  the 
officer  in  charge  of  prisoners,  viz: 


Beeswax. 
Blacking,  shoe. 
Brooms,  whisk. 
Brushes,  blacking. 
Brushes,  hair. 
Brushes,  shaving. 
Brushes,  tooth. 


Buttons. 
Combs,  fine. 
Combs,  horn. 
Mugs,  shaving. 
Needles. 
Razors. 
Razor  strops. 


Scissors. 

Shoestrings,  porpoise. 
Soap,  issue. 
Soap,  shaving. 
Thread. 
Toilet  paper. 
Toweling,  unbleached 


ISSUES    OF    SUBSISTENCE    STORES SAVINGS.  183 

Requisitions  for  these  articles  will  set  forth  the  number  of  general  prisoners  present 
at  the  post,  and  must  be  approved  by  the  post  commander.  The  receipt  of  the  officer 
in  charge  will  be  the  commissary's  voucher  for  dropping  the  articles  from  his  return. 
No  articles  issued  under  this  paragraph,  except  tooth  brushes,  fine  combs,  buttons, 
shoestrings,  and  thread,  will  be  carried  away  by  prisoners  when  transferred  or  dis- 
charged. Towels  used  by  prisoners  will  be  laundered  by  those  wrho  use  them.  When 
specially  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  Subsistence  Department  will  supply 
to  posts  where  thirty  or  more  general  prisoners  are  confined  a  sewing  machine  and 
other  necessary  tailors'  utensils  for  use  in  mending  prisoners'  clothing. 

Articles  issued  in  pursuance  of  this  paragraph  will  not  be  accounted  for  on  property 
returns  by  officers  receiving  them,  but  will  be  continued  in  use  until  worn  out. 

1244.  A  recruiting  officer  stationed  elsewhere  than  at  a  military  post  is  authorized 
to  purchase  such  of  the  following  articles  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  use  of  all  the 
recruits  at  his  station  at  an  expense  not  exceeding  70  cents  per  month,  namely: 

Blacking,  shoe.  Combs,  coarse  horn. 

Brooms,  whisk.  Toilet  paper. 

Brushes,  blacking.  Toweling,  unbleached. 
Brushes,  hair. 

If  the  officer  is  supplied  with  subsistence  funds,  he  will  pay  the  vouchers  made 
out  on  Form  No.  8,  the  certificate  thereon  being  properly  modified.  If  not  supplied 
with  funds,  he  will  send  the  duly  certified  vouchers  for  payment  to  the  chief  com- 
missary of  the  department  in  which  the  recruiting  station  is  located.  The  towels  in 
use  by  recruits  at  recruiting  stations  will  be  laundered  at  the  expense  of  the  Quarter- 
master's Department. 

At  a  recruiting  station  at  a  military  post  such  quantities  of  unbleached  toweling, 
not  exceeding  12  yards  for  a  six  months'  supply,  and  such  quantity  of  issue  soap  as 
may  be  necessary,  will  be  issued  to  the  recruiting  officer  at  the  post  by  the  commis- 
sary upon  requisition,  approved  by  the  commanding  officer,  for  use  exclusively  by 
applicants  for  enlistment,  recruits  on  probation,  and  newly  enlisted  men  awaiting 
transfer  to  permanent  stations.  Towels  will  be  laundered  by  those  who  use  them. 
The  receipt  of  the  recruiting  officer  will  be  the  commissary's  voucher  for  dropping 
the  articles  from  his  return. 

Articles  issued  in  pursuance  of  this  paragraph  will  not  be  accounted  for  on  prop- 
erty returns  by  officers  receiving  them,  but  will  be  continued  in  use  until  worn  out. 

Such  quantities  of  toilet  paper  as  may  be  absolutely  necessary  for  the  use  of  recruits 
at  recruit  rendezvous  will  be  issued  by  the  commissaries  to  the  officers  in  charge  on 
requisitions  approved  by  the  post  commanders.  The  receipt  of  the  officer  in  charge 
will  be  the  commissary's  voucher  for  dropping  the  articles  from  his  return. 

1245.  Subsistence  will  not  be  issued  to  destitute  persons  except  when  the  com- 
manding officer  assumes  the  responsibility  of  ordering  the  issue  to  relieve  starvation 
or  extreme  suffering.     In  such  cases  the  circumstances  will  be  fully  stated  in  the  order. 

SAVINGS. 

1246.  All  articles  of  the  ration  (excepting  those  designated  by  the  Commissary- 
General)  due  a  company,  bakery,  or  other  military  organization,  and  not  needed  for 
consumption,  will,  if  public  loss  will  not  result,  be  retained  for  reissue  by  the  com- 
missary and  will  be  paid  for  by  him  as  savings  at  the  invoice  prices.     All  savings  of 
bacon  must  be  paid  for  at  prices  of  crate  bacon,  and  flour  at  prices  of  the  same  in 
ordinary  sacks.        Savings  not  needed  by  the  commissary  for  reissue  may  be  sold 
by  companies,  bakeries,  or  other  organizations  to  any  purchasers.     The  drawing  of 
a  component  article  of  the  ration  in  place  of  a  less  expensive  article  of  the  same 
component  with  a  view  other  than  its  consumption  by  the  organization  is  strictly 
prohibited. 


184 


SAVINGS COMMUTATION    OF    RATIONS. 


1247.  Savings  purchased  by  the  commissary  will  be  entered  on  a  receipt  roll,  m 
duplicate,  in  the  name  of  the  organization  to  which  they  belong,  and  the  money  value 
receipted  for  by  the  officer  in  charge  thereof.  Payments  for  hospital  savings  will  be 
made  to  the  surgeon  of  the  post  or  station. 

124§.  If  savings  are  not  paid  for  by  the  commissary  in  the  month  in  which 
accumulated,  the  proper  organization  will  be  furnished  writh  an  extract,  in  duplicate, 
of  the  receipt  roll,  showing  stores  received  from  it  and  the  amount  due,  which,  duly 
certified  by  the  commissary  and  approved  by  the  commanding  officer,  will  be  pre- 
sented for  payment  to  any  commissary  having  funds  for  the  purpose. 

COMMUTATION. 

1249.  Commutation  of  rations  may  be  allowed  at  the  following  rates,  under  the 
conditions  mentioned,  viz: 


Conditions. 


Rate  per  day  each. 


Enlisted 

men  and 

nurses. 


Philippine 
scouts. 


1.  To  enlisted  men,  Philippine  scouts,  male  or  female  nurses  on  the  expiration 

of  their  furloughs  or  leaves,  provided  that  on  or  before  the  last  day  thereof 
they  have  reported  at  their  proper  stations  or  have  been  discharged 

2.  To  sergeants  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff  (and  enlisted  men  acting 

as  such)  on  duty  at  forts  and  stations  where  there  are  no  other  troops.  . 

3.  To  an  enlisted  man,  a  Philippine  scout,  or  a  male  or  female  nurse  on 

detached  duty,  stationed  in  a  city  or  town  where  subsistence  is  not  fur- 
ni^hed  by  the  Government 

4.  To  an  enlisted  man  or  a  Philippine  scout  traveling  under  orders  from  a 

place  or  station  at  which  his  rations  have  been  regularly  commuted 

5.  To  an  enlisted  man  or  a  Philippine  scout  traveling  under  orders  alone, 

when  the  journey  can  not  be  performed  in  twenty-four  hours  and  it  is 
impracticable  to  carry  rations  of  any  kind  (which  fact  must  be  stated 
in  the  order  directing  the  journey) 

6.  To  two  enlisted  men  or  Philippine  scouts  traveling  under  orders  as  a  de- 

tachment, or  traveling  under  orders  as  a  guard  to  an  insane  patient  or 
military  prisoner,  when  the  journey  can  not  be  performed  in  twenty- 
four  hours  and  it  is  impracticable  to  carry  rations  of  any  kind  (which 
fact  must  be  stated  in  the  order  directing  the  journey),  each 

7.  To  an  insane  patient  or  military  prisoner  traveling  under  orders  under 

guard  of  one  or  two  enlisted  men  or  Philippine  scouts,  when  the  jour- 
ney can  not  be  performed  in  twenty-four  hours  and  it  is  impracticable 
to  carry  rations  of  any  kind  (which  fact  must  be  stated  in  the  order  di- 
recting the  journey),  to  be  paid  on  the  order  of  the  commanding  officer 
in  advance  to,  and  to  be  receipted  for  by,  the  person  to  whose  charge  the 
patient  or  military  prisoner  is  committed  by  the  order 


5.  To  enlisted  men  or  Philippine  scouts  selected  to  contest  for  places  or  prizes 
in  division  or  army  rifle  competitions,  while  traveling  under  orders 
to  and  from  places  of  contest,  when  the  journey  can  not  be  performed 
in  twenty-four  hours  and  it  is  impracticable  to  carry  rations  of  any  kind 
(which  fact  must  be  stated  in  the  order),  each 


.75 
1.50 


1.50 


1.50 


1.50 


1.50 


.  25 


.75 


.75 


.75 


.75 


125O.  Recruits  forwarded  from  recruiting  stations,  recruit  depots,  or  other  military 
posts  will  be  furnished  the  following  allowances  for  subsistence  while  traveling,  viz: 


When  one  or  two  men  are  forwarded. 


When  more  than  two  men  are  forwarded. 


For  a  journey  of  24  hours  or  less. 

Travel  rations,  or  cooked  rations,  to  be  obtained 
from  the  contractor  for  meals  or  from  the  com- 
pany or  general  mess. 


For  a  journey  of  more  than  21+  hours. 

Commutation  of  rations  at  not  exceeding  50  cents 
per  meal  (fl.50  per  day)  for  each  man. 


For  a  journey  o/x'4  hours  or  less. 

For  a  detachment  of  three  or  more  men:  Travel 
rations  (or,  if  not  available,  cooked  rations,  to 
be  obtained  from  the  contractor  for  meals  or 
from  the  company  or  general  mess). 

For  a  journey  of  more  than  £4  hotira. 

Fora  detachment  of  three  or  more  men:  Travel 
rations  if  available,  or,  if  not  available,  commu- 
tation of  rations  at  not  exceeding  50  cents  per 
meal  ($1.50  per  day)  for  each  man. 


COMMUTATION    OF    RATIONS.  185 

1251.  Enlisted  men,  including  recruits,  ordered  upon  journeys  which  can  be  per- 
formed within  twenty-four  hours  from  the  hour  of  starting  must  be  subsisted  during 
the  journey  upon  cooked  or  travel  rations  drawn  for  the  purpose  from  the  company 
kitchen,  the  contractor  for  meals,  or  from  the  commissary. 

1252.  Enlisted  men  absent  under  orders  from  their  stations  upon  recruiting  duty 
for  not  exceeding  three  days  will  be  deemed  to  be  traveling  under  orders  during  the 
entire  period,  notwithstanding  that  some  portion  of  the  period  may  be  occupied  by 
detentions  in  the  various  towns  which  they  visit  in  the  performance  of  their  duty, 
and  their  commutation  of  rations  will  be  at  the  rate  of  $1.50  per  day. 

1253.  Where  meal  tickets  may  be  obtained  for  men   traveling  under  orders, 
commanding  officers  may  direct  their  use  in  lieu  of  commutation,  or  cooked,  or  travel 
rations,  under  rules  published  from  time  to  time. 

1254.  An  enlisted  man  not  a  recruit  ordered,  under  subhead  5,  paragraph  1249, 
of  these  Regulations,  will  be  allowed  commutation  of  rations  at  the  rate  of  50  cents 
per  meal  ($1.50  per  day)  for  the  time  actually  consumed  in  travel.     The  provisions 
of  this  paragraph  do  not  apply  to  travel  on  army  transports. 

1255.  Commutation  of  rations  will  not  be  allowed  to  enlisted  men  serving  where 
subsistence  is  furnished  by  the  Government;  or  traveling  under  orders  when  they 
can  carry  and  cook  their  rations,  or  can  carry  cooked  or  travel  rations;  or  for  the 
time  for  which  meal  tickets  are  furnished;  or  traveling  under  orders  on  army  trans- 
ports or  by  steamboat  or  steamship  where  the  passage  rates  include  meals;  or  failing 
to  report  at  their  proper  stations  on  or  before  the  last  day  of  furlough  unless  discharged ; 
or  recruiting  parties  at  their  stations;  nor  to  civil  employees. 

1256.  An  order  directing  the  travel  of  an  enlisted  man  will  state  that  the  journey 
is  necessary  for  the  public  service.     If  it  be  impracticable  for  him  to  carry  rations  of 
any  kind,  the  order  will  so  state  and  will  direct  commutation  of  rations  to  be  paid; 
if  required  to  be  paid  in  advance,  the  number  of  days  will  be  stated. 

1257.  An  enlisted  man  traveling  on  duty  under  orders  on  a  vessel  of  the  United 
States  transport  service  will  not  be  allowed  commutation  of  rations  for  the  time  he  is 
aboard.     He  will  be  quartered  with  the  enlisted  men  aboard  and  will  mess  with 
them,  and  the  proper  transport  officer  will  indorse  upon  the  travel  order  in  the 
possession  of  the  soldier  the  dates  between  which  subsistence  was  so  furnished.    The 
travel  order  so  indorsed  will  be  turned  over  by  the  enlisted  man  at  the  end  of 
the  journey  to  the  commissary  by  whom  commutation  of  rations  for  any  portion  of 
the  journey  is  paid,  who  will  file  it  with  the  voucher  on  which  payment  is  made. 
If  commutation  of  rations  is  ordered  paid  in  advance,  the  probable  time  on  ship- 
board must  be  taken  into  account  in  determining  the  number  of  days'  commutation 
to  be  allowed,  and  the  paying  officer  will  indorse  the  original  order  and  make  pay- 
ment on  a  certified  copy  thereof  in  the  manner  directed  in  Army  Regulations  1258 
for  paying  commutation  of  rations  in  advance. 

1  25*.  Commutation  of  rations  allowed  to  an  enlisted  man  while  traveling,  when 
not  directed  to  be  paid  in  advance,  will  be  paid  to  him  at  the  end  of  his  journey, 
upon  presentation  of  the  order  for  the  journey,  with  the  certificate  of  his  command- 
ing officer  thereon  in  the  following  form:  "Last  rationed  to  include ,  19 — ; 

will  leave  station  at  —  — , ,  19 — ;  the  rations  overdrawn  will  be  deducted 

from  the  ration  return  of  Company  —  — ,  —  —  Regiment  of  —  — ,  for  the  period 
from  —  — ,  19 — ,  to  —  — ,  19 — ,"  and  a  certificate  signed  by  a  commissioned  officer 

in  the  following  form:  "Joined  station  at , ,  19 — ."     The  period  allowed 

by  the^  paying  officer  will  be  the  time  required  over  the  shortest  usually  traveled 
route.  If  ordered  paid  in  advance,  it  will  be  paid  upon  presentation  of  a  certified 
copy  of  the  order  directing  the  payment,  having  thereon  the  certificate  in  the  above 
form  of  his  commanding  officer.  In  this  case  the  paying  officer  will  indorse  the  date, 
mode,  and  amount  of  payment,  over  his  signature,  on  the  order  which  is  retained  by 
the  soldier,  and  certify  on  the  copy  that  he  has  made  such  indorsement.  The  soldier 


186  COMMUTATION    OF    RATIONS. 

will  deliver  his  retained  order  to  the  commissary  at  the  station  where  rations  are 
next  drawn,  who  files  it  with  his  abstract  of  issues.  The  order,  or  copy  thereof,  on 
which  commutation'  has  been  paid  will  be  filed  as  a  subvoucher  to  the  receipt  roll, 
and  the  paying  officer  will  indorse  on'  the  order,  or  copy  thereof,  the  date,  mode, 
and  amount  of  payment. 

1259.  The  furlough  of  an  enlisted  man  will  show  by  memorandum  of  his  com- 
pany commander  to  what  day  he  was  last  rationed  and  the  number  of  rations,  if 
any,  drawn  for  him  previous  to  his  going  on  furlough,  for  the  time  covered  by  the 
furlough,  and  the  certificate  of  his  company  commander  on  the  back  of  the  furlough 
will  show  the  date  on  which  he  rejoined  his  proper  station  or  was  discharged  and 
that  the  rations  overdrawn  for  him  were  duly  deducted  from  a  ration  return  of  his 
company.     If  entitled  to  commutation  he  will  be  paid  by  any  commissary  upon  the 
presentation  of  the  furlough  containing  the  above  memorandum  and.certificate.     The 
paying  officer  will  file  the  furlough  as  a  subvoucher  to  his  receipt  roll,  and  indorse 
on  the  furlough  the  date,  mode,  and  amount  of  payment.     The  authority  under 
which  a  furlough  is  granted  (whether  under  Army  ^Regulations  or  in  pursuance  of 
the  orders  of  a  superior)  should  be  cited  on  the  face  of  the  furlough  by  the  officer 
granting  it.     If  the  period  for  which  the  furlough  is  given  is  within  the  competency 
of  the  authority  cited  no  copy  of  the  order  is  needed  to  accompany  the  furlough 
when  presented  to  a  disbursing  officer  for  payment  of  commutation  of  rations;  but 
if  the  period  is  manifestly  beyond  the  competency  of  the  authority  cited  the  furlough 
should  when  presented  for  payment  of  commutation  of  rations  be  accompanied  by 
copies  of  all  orders  in  pursuance  of  which  it  was  given. 

1260.  An  enlisted  man  granted  a  furlough  with  permission  to  travel  on  a  vessel 
of  the  United  States  transport  service  will  be  quartered  with  the  enlisted  men  aboard 
and  will  mess  with  them.     The  transport  officer  will  certify  upon  the  enlisted  man's 
furlough  the  dates  between  which  subsistence  was  so  furnished.     In  paying  commu- 
tation of  rations  on  the  furlough  these  days  will  be  deducted. 

1261.  Enlisted  men  discharged  while  serving  in  places  outside  of  the  States 
composing  the  Union  will  be  provided  free  transportation  to  the  said  States  on 
Government  transports  upon  direction  of  the  commanding  officers  in  the  several 
localities  and  will  be  subsisted  by  the  Subsistence  Department  to  the  port  of  destina- 
tion.    They  will  not  be  entitled  to  travel  pay  from  port  of  embarkation  to  the  United 
States,  nor  to  commutation  of  rations  for  the  time  so  subsisted  on  the  transports. 
The  fact  that  such  transportation  and  subsistence  have  been  furnished  must  be  noted 
on  the  final  statements. 

1262.  When  an  officer  orders  commutation  of  rations  to  be  paid,  or  rations  to  be 
issued,  to  a  soldier  on  furlough  to  enable  him  to  reach  his  proper  station,  the  paying 
or  issuing  officer  will  report  the  full  amount  paid,  or  the  money  value  of  the  issue,  to 
the  soldier's  company  commander.     Should  the  soldier  reach  his  station  on  or  before 
the  last  day  of  his  furlough,  the  company  commander  will  charge  the  full  amount  of 
the  payment  or  issue  against  his  pay  on  the  next  muster  and  pay  roll.     Should  he 
reach  his  post  after  the  expiration  of  his  furlough,  and  the  delay  be  not  excused,  the 
full  amount  will  be  similarly  charged.     Should  the  overstaying  of  his  furlough  be 
excused,  the  full  amount,  diminished  by  the  value  of  the  ration,  at  20  cents  per  day, 
for  the  number  of  days  during  which  he  was  absent  after  the  furlough  had  expired, 
will  be  charged. 

1263.  When  a  furlough  is  lost,  a  certified  copy  prepared  by  his  company  com- 
mander, with  the  soldier's  affidavit  stating  when,  where,  and  the  circumstances 
under  which  the  loss  occurred,  that  he  reported  at  his  station  on  or  before  the  last 
day  of  his  furlough  or  was  discharged,  and  that  no  rations  have  been  furnished  nor 
commutation  paid  him  for  any  portion  of  the  time  during  which  he  was  on  furlough, 
may  be  presented  within  six  months  after  the  loss,  through  his  company  and  post 
commanders,  to  the  chief  commissary  for  payment  or  other  disposition. 


COMMUTATION    OF   EATIONS SALES.  187 

1264.  Enlisted  men  having  claims  for  commutation  of  rations,  and  who  are  at  & 
distance  from  a  paying  commissary,  will  be  paid  upon  forwarding  to  the  paying  com- 
missary their  travel  orders  or  furloughs,  properly  made  out,  accompanied  by  receipts, 
in  duplicate.     Enlisted  men  on  detached  duty  entitled  to  commutation  of  rations 
may  be  similarly  paid  upon  the  certificate  of  the  officer  under  whom  they  serve, 
setting  forth  the  period  for  which  commutation  is  due,  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the 
authority  for  its  allowance,  or  by  a  reference  to  such  authority,  if  previously  fur- 
nished. 

SALES. 

1265.  Sales  of  subsistence  stores  (except  of  ice  and  forage  for  beef  cattle)  will  be 
made  at  cost  prices  for  cash  to  an  officer  on  his  certificate  that  the  stores  are  for  his 
personal  or  family  use  or  for  the  use  of  an  officers'  mess  of  which  he  is  the  caterer, 
and  will  be  similarly  made  on  a  certificate  that  they  are  for  his  or  her  personal  use 
to  a  contract  surgeon,  a  dental  surgeon,  a  veterinarian,  or  a  female  nurse  when  sta- 
tioned within  a  military  post  or  serving  with  troops  in  the  field.     Sales  will  also  be 
made  at  cost  prices  for  cash  to  a  member  of  the  immediate  family  of  an  officer,  during 
his  absence,  upon  a  written  request  by  him  to  the  commissary. 

1266.  Sales  to  officers  paid  for  within  the  calendar  month  in  which  made  will  be 
regarded  as  cash  sales;  if  not  paid  for  within  that  month  they  will  be  reported  as 
credit  sales  and  so  accounted  for,  and  the  amounts  due  collected  through  the  Pay 
Department. 

1267.  Sales  of  reasonable  quantities  of  stores  will  be  made  to  an  enlisted  man  on 
the  active  or  retired  list,  for  cash,  upon  his  declaration,  in  writing,  that  they  are 
intended  for  his  own  use.     A  company,  detachment,  hospital,  post  bakery,  or  post 
exchange  may  purchase  for  cash  under  similar  conditions  and  upon  the  certificate  of 
the  officer  in  charge. 

1268.  Sales  may  be  made  on  credit  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  who  have  not  been 
regularly  paid  or  who  are  in  the  field.     Officers  will  certify  that  the  stores  are  for 
their  own  use  and  receipt  for  them.     Enlisted  men  will  obtain  permits  from  their 
company  commanders,  approved  by  the  commanding  officer,  for  purchases  on  credit. 
Permits  will  not  be  given  to  a  soldier  in  excess  of  the  unencumbered  pay  due  him 
nor  in  any  month  in  excess  of  his  monthly  pay.     A  recruit  may  be  furnished  on 
credit  with  such  of  the  following  articles  as  may  be  needed  by  him,  viz:  A  hand 
basin,  a  piece  of  soap,  a  toothbrush,  two  towels,  a  comb,  a  hairbrush,  a  shoebrush,  a 
box  of  shoeblacking,  a  whisk  broom,  a  pipe,  and  not  to  exceed  one  pound  of  tobacco. 

1269.  An  officer  purchasing  subsistence  stores  on  credit  will  furnish  the  commis- 
sary making  the  sale  with  a  receipt  in  duplicate  (on  Form  No.  73,  Subs.  Dept. )  setting 
forth  the  place  and  date  of  purchase,  the  name  of  the  commissary  who  made  the  sale, 
and  the  money  value  of  the  stores  so  purchased.     One  copy  of  the  receipt  will  be  for- 
warded by  the  commissary  to  the  paymaster  who  pays  the  officer,  or  to  the  chief 
paymaster  of  the  department,  and  will  be  filed  with  the  pay  voucher  on  which  col- 
lection is  made.     The  duplicate  receipt  will  be  filed  by  the  commissary  with  his 
retained  Abstract  of  Sales.     The  names  of  the  officers  purchasing  subsistence  stores 
on  credit,  the  organizations  to  which  they  belong,  and  the  money  value  of  the  stores 
so  purchased  will  be  entered  on  the  Abstract  of  Sales. 

1270.  Exceptional  articles  of  subsistence  stores  called  for  by  officers  and  enlisted 
men  to  be  paid  for  by  them  regardless  of  condition  upon  arrival  at  posts,  may,  under 
such  instructions  as  to  purchase  and  accountability  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  given 
by  the  Commissary-General,  be  purchased  and  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's 
Department  for  transportation  to  the  posts  where  desired. 

1271.  Civilians  employed  with  the  Army,  including  those  expressly  employed 
for  their  services  as  tailors,  shoemakers,  and  laundrymen,  may  be  allowed,  at  remote 
places  or  in  the  field  where  food  can  not  otherwise  be  procured,  to  purchase  from 


188  SALES — THE  PAY  DEPARTMENT. 

the  Subsistence  Department,  in  limited  quantities  for  their  own  use,  for  cash,  at  cost 
prices  with  10  per  cent  added,  such  articles  of  the  ration  or  of  stores  kept  for  sales  to 
officers  and  enlisted  men  as  can  be  spared  from  the  supplies  on  hand. 

1*27*2.  Articles  purchased  by  the  Subsistence  Department  by  net  weight  will  be 
sold  at  net  weight  at  the  time  of  sale.  Where  the  weight  of  a  wrapper  or  cover  at 
the  time  of  purchase  was  included  in  the  weight  of  an  article  it  will  be  included  in 
the  weight  when  the  article  is  sold.  Articles  in  cartons,  packets,  or  sealed  cans  will 
be  sold  as  purchased. 

1273.  Post  commanders  will  regulate  sales  and   delivery  of  supplies.     Selling 
(except  by  the  post  exchange)   or  bartering  of  supplies  purchased  from  the  commis- 
sary is  forbidden. 

1274.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  post  at  or  near  which  the  immediate  family 
of  an  enlisted  man  who  is  absent  abroad  resides  may,  if  the  residence  and  other 
conditions  of  such  family  make  it  proper,  grant  to  the  head  thereof  permits  to 
purchase  from  the  Subsistence  Department  at  the  post,  for  cash  at  cost  prices,  such 
quantities  of  subsistence  stores  as  in  his  opinion  may  be  reasonably  needed  for 
the  sole  use  of  the  soldier's  immediate  family.     The  total  amount  of  subsistence 
stores  so  sold  to  soldiers'  families,  will  be  entered  by  the  commissary  in  a  separate 
item  on  the  abstract  of  sales  each  month. 

1275.  The  commissary  who  sells  to  enlisted  men  on  credit  wrill  make  a  statement 
of  dues,  in  triplicate,  for  each  company  or  organization  to  which  the  men  belong. 
One  copy  will  be  furnished  to  the  company  or  other  commander,  who  will  charge 
the  dues  on  the  next  pay  roll  and  on  subsequent  rolls  until  collected.     If  a  recruit 
leaves  his  station  or  rendezvous  before  the  money  value  of  the  articles  furnished 
him  on  credit  has  been  collected,  the  amount  due  will  be  noted  on  the  descriptive 
and  assignment  card,  in  order  that  the  paymaster  may  withhold  it  at  the  first  payment 
after  the  recruit  has  joined  his  company. 

1276.  Amounts  due  from  credit  sales  will  be  collected  by  paymasters,  taken  up 
by  them  and  promptly  transferred  to  a  disbursing  commissary,  the  paymaster  giving 
duplicate  invoices  and  taking  receipts  on  each  pay  account  or  pay  roll. 

1277.  Sales  will  be  consolidated  monthly  on  an  abstract* in  duplicate.     The  com- 
manding officer  will  satisfy  himself  that  the  purchases  have  been  properly  authorized 
and  duly  made  and  will  so  certify  on  the  abstract.     The  copy  of  the  abstract  accom- 
panying the  commissary's  account  current  will  serve  as  a  voucher  to  the  account 
current,  as  well  as  to  the  officer's  return. 

127§.  On  the  first  day  of  each  calendar  month  a  list  will  be  prepared  at  each  post 
showing  the  prices  at  which  stores  will  be  sold  during  the  month.  The  price  for 
each  article  will  be  the  invoice  price  of  the  last  lot  of  that  article  received  prior  to 
the.  day  on  which  the  price  list  is  prepared. 

BLANK    FORMS. 

1279.  Blank  forms  will  be  furnished  to  commissaries  on  periodical  requisitions 
sent  direct  to  the  Commissary-General.  Officers  at  posts  will  obtain  them  from  the 
post  commissaries. 

ARTICLE   L.XXVI. 

PAY  DEPARTMENT. 

NOTE. — Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Pay  Department,  prepared  and  published  under 
the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the  Paymaster-General.  Only 
such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

f"l2§O.  The  Pay  Department  has  charge  of  the  supply  and  distribution  of  and 
accounting  for  funds  for  the  payment  of  the  Army,  and  such  other  financial  duties 
as  are  specially  assigned  to  it.  ~> 


PAY    OF    OFFICERS.  189 

1281.  The  chief  paymaster  of  a  command,  under  the  direction  of  its  commander, 
will  have  control  of  all  paymasters  therein,  and  be  responsible  for  the  payment  of 
the  troops  of  the  command. 

1282.  In  payments  to  officers  and  enlisted  men,  the  days  of  commencement  and 
expiration  of  service  will  be  included.     When  service  begins  on  the  31st  day  of  a 
month,  pay  will  not  be  allowed  for  that  day. 

PAYMENTS  TO    OFFICERS. 

1283.  Officers  will  be  paid  monthly,  on  duplicate  accounts,  certified  by  them- 
selves, according  to  prescribed  forms. 

1284.  An  officer  of  the  Army  will  be  paid  within  the  limits  of  his  department, 
and,  as  far  as  practicable,  by  the  same  paymaster,  unless  he  is  on  leave  of  absence 
or  detached  duty  beyond  the  limits  of  his  department,  or  shall  have  transferred  or 
disposed  of  his  accounts  as  provided  in  paragraphs  ]  285  and  1286,  or  has  the  authority 
of  the  Paymaster-General  for  payment  elsewhere.     A  retired  officer  will  be  paid  in 
the  department  in  which  he  resides  unless  he  shall,  for  special  reasons,  desire  to  be 
paid  elsewhere,  when  he  will  obtain  the  authority  of  the  Paymaster-General  for  such 
payments. 

1285.  An  officer  may  forward  his  pay  accounts  a  few  days  before  maturing  to  a 
paymaster,  who  shall  hold  them  until  maturity  and  then  remit  the  amount  to  the 
officer,  or  if  he  so  request  place  it  to  the  officer's  credit  with  a  bank;  but  an  officer 
will  neither  hypothecate  nor  transfer  a  pay  account  not  actually  due.     When  due  it 
may  be  transferred,  when  the  following  form  of  indorsement  will  be  strictly  observed: 

"I  certify  that  I  have  this day  of  —     — ,  190 — ,  transferred  the  within  account 

to  —    —  and  have  so  notified  the  paymaster  at  (the  station  where  it  is  to  be  paid)." 
When  an  account  is  so  transferred  the  officer  will,  at  the  time  of  transfer,  send  a 
notification  of  the  fact  to  the  paymaster  at  the  station  where  he  is  usually  paid,  and 
instruct  the  party  to  whom  the  account  is  transferred  to  forward  it  to  such  pay- 
master for  payment.     A  transferred  account  will  not  be  paid  outside  the  department 
where  the  officer  is  stationed,  except  when  transferred  for  the  benefit  of  his  family 
residing  in  another  department,  in  which  case  the  officer  will  send  the  notification, 
through  the  paymaster  at  the  station  where  he  is  usually  paid,  to  the  paymaster 
whose  station  is  nearest  the  address  of  the  payee;  the  former  to  forward  with  the 
notification  any  information  he  may  have  affecting  the  validity  of  the  account. 

1286.  An  officer  about  to  embark  for  service  beyond  the  sea  and  desiring  to 
to  make  provision  for  himself  or  his  family  in  the  United  States,  may  send  to  the 
paymaster  nearest  the  address  of  the  payee,  such  full  monthly  accounts  as  he  may 
elect,  indorsing  them  as  follows:  "When  due  pay  to  —     — ,"  or,  "  When  due  place  to 
the  credit  of  —       —  with  —     — ,"  or,  "When  due  place  to  my  credit  with  —  — ." 
Such  paymaster  will  immediately  notify  the  chief  paymaster  of  the  department 
where  the  officer  is  to  serve,  of  the  months  for  which  accounts  have  been  so  received, 
and  will  then  pay  them  as  they  become  due  if  the  casualty  list  and  stoppage  circular 
show  no  bar  to  payment.     Should  an  officer  already  in  service  'beyond  sea  desire  to 
have  his  accounts  paid  as  described,  he  will  forward  them,  through  the  chief  pay- 
master of  the  department  where  he  is  serving,  to  the  paymaster  whose  station  is 
nearest  the  address  of  the  payee,  and  the  former  will  make  a  record  of  the  accounts 
so  forwarded.     In  either  case  the  officer  will,  at  the*time  of  forwarding  the  accounts, 
notify  the  Paymaster-General  of  the  months  covered  thereby,  with  the  name  and 
address  of  the  person  to  whom  payment  is  to  be  made,  or  forward  the  accounts  through 
the  office  of  the  Paymaster-General. 

1287.  A  person  appointed  to  the  Army,  or  receiving  an  appointment  to  a  new 
office  therein,  is  entitled  to  pay  from  date  of  acceptance  only.     If  the  appointment 
creates  vacancies  to  be  filled  by  promotion,  the  promoted  officers  are  entitled  to  pay 
of  the  new  grade  from  the  date  of  acceptance  of  the  appointee.     In  all  other  cases  of 
promotion  the  officer  is  entitled  to  pay  from  date  of  the  occurrence  of  the  vacancy. 


190  PAY    OF    OFFICERS ADDITIONAL    PAY. 

1288.  An  officer  of  the  Army  appointed  to  a  grade  in  the  volunteers  or  militia  in 
the  sen-ice  of  the  United  States  superior  to  that  held  by  him  in  the  Army  will  be 
entitled  to  the  pay  and  emoluments  of  the  grade  to  which  appointed  from  date  of 
acceptance  of  such  appointment  or  from  date  of  muster  in  thereunder. 

1289.  An  officer  leaving  the  service  by  resignation,  discharge,  or  through  being 
wholly  retired,  will,   before  receiving  final  payment,  make  oath  upon  the   final 
voucher  of  the  correctness  of  the  several  items  contained  therein,  stating  the  place 
of  his  residence  and  that  he  is  not  indebted  to  the  United  States  on  any  account 
whatever,  except  as  may  be  shown  by  certificates  to  be  filed  therewith.     He  will  then 
forward  such  accounts  to  the  Paymaster-General,  who  will  cause  certificates  of  non- 
indebtedness  to  be  obtained  and  the  accounts  settled.     An  officer  who  has  served  in 
the  Philippine  Islands  must  also  procure  certificate  of  nonindebtedness  from  the 
Insular  Auditor  prior  to  departure  from  the  islands,  this  certificate  being  an  indispen- 
sable prerequisite  to  the  settlement  of  an  officer's  final  account  with  the  Government. 

1290.  An  officer  whose  resignation  is  accepted  while  he  is  on  leave  of  absence 
will  receive  pay  to  include  the  date  of  acceptance;  if  accepted  while  he  is  on  duty 
he  will  receive  pay  to  include  the  date  he  receives  notice  of  its  acceptance,  or  if  sooner 
relieved  from  duty,  to  include  the  date  of  relief.     An  officer  wrhose  resignation  takes 
effect  at  a  future  date  is  entitled  to  pay  to  include  that  date. 

1291.  An  officer  placed  upon  the  retired  list  will  receive  active  pay  to  include  the 
date  of  retirement,  and  the  pay  of  a  retired  officer  thereafter.     If  on  duty,  he  will 
receive  active  pay  to  include  the  date  of  receipt  by  him  of  notice  of  his  retirement. 

1292.  An  officer  dismissed  by  sentence  of  court-martial  will  be  paid  to  include 
the  date  of  termination  of  service  as  specified  in  the  order  promulgating  the  sentence. 

1293.  Contract  surgeons  and  dental  surgeons  must  present  their  contracts  to  pay- 
masters when  applying  for  payment  of  salaries,  and  paymasters  will  indorse  thereon 
date  and  period  for  which  paid.     If  a  contract  surgeon  on  foreign  service  desires  to 
have  his  accounts  paid  in  the  United  States,  the  months  for  which  such  accounts 
have  been  transferred  will  be  indorsed  on  the  contract  by  a  paymaster  or  the  com- 
manding officer,  who  will  also  indorse  on  each  voucher  "Transfer  noted  on  contract 
(signature)"  and  such  accounts  will  not  be  paid  unless  so  indorsed. 

ADDITIONAL,   PAY. 

1294.  To  entitle  an  officer  to  additional  pay  under  the  acts  of  April  26,  1898,  and 

May  26,  1900,  for  exercising  a  command  above  that  pertaining  to  his  grade,  he  must 
have  exercised  such  command  of  troops  operating  against  an  enemy  for  a  period  of 
three  months  or  more  continuously,  in  obedience  to  orders  issued  by  superior  author- 
ity which  he  was  bound  to  obey,'  and  no  pay  or  allowances  as  of  a  higher  grade  than 
that  actually  held  by  an  officer  will  be  paid  him  under  this  regulation  unless  a  cer- 
tified copy,  in  duplicate,  of  such  order,  accompanied  by  a  statement  of  service  there- 
under, is  filed  with  the  paymaster. 

1295.  The  10  per  cent  increase  allowed  to  officers  serving  in  certain  places  desig- 
nated by  law  will  be  paid  on  their  regular  monthly  pay  vouchers  which  will  be  made 
up  to  include  the  entire  compensation,  of  whatever  character,  which  may  be  due  the 
officer  for  the  calendar  month,  or  months,  included  in  the  accounts.     There  will  be 
noted  on  the  pay  accounts  the  numbers  and  dates  of  orders  or  any  other  facts  which 
affect  the  officer's  pay  status  for  Ihe  period  covered  by  the  accounts  presented  for 
payment. 

1296.  An  acting  commissary  will  be  paid  the  additional  pay  allowed  by  law,  on 
the  certificate  of  the  Commissary-General  that  he  has  performed  the  duty  contem- 
plated therein  during  the  time  charged.     To  entitle  him  to  this  pay  he  must  be 
detailed  under  proper  orders  from  some  established  post  or  body  of  troops,  and  must 
issue  full  rations  to  troops  from  stores  for  which  he  is  responsible.     A  regimental, 
squadron,  or  battalion  commissary  is  not  entitled  to  this  additional  pay. 


MOUNTED    PAY PAY    DURING    ABSENCE.  191 

1297.  No  officer  shall  receive  pay  for  two  staff  appointments  for  the  same  time. 
This  prohibition  does  not  prevent  a  quartermaster  of  a  regiment  who,  in  addition  to 
the  duties  of  his  office,  may  be  acting  commissary,  from  receiving  the  extra  compen- 
sation allowed  by  law  for  performing  the  duties  of  the  latter. 

129§.  In  computing  longevity  pay,  service  performed  as  cadets  at  the  Military  or 
Xaval  Academy,  or  as  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  or  Navy,  will  be  counted. 

MOUNTED    PAY. 

1299.  The  following  officers  are  entitled  to  pay  as  mounted  officers:  Officers  of 
the  staff  corps,  whether  permanent,   or  detailed;    officers  serving  with  troops  of 
cavalry;  officers  of  a  field  or  siege  battery,  duly  organized  and  equipped;  authorized 
aids,  duly  appointed ;  regularl  y  detailed  assistants  to  the  Chief  of  Artillery ;  the  author- 
ized staff  officers  of  artillery  districts;  officers  serving  as  military  attache's  to  the 
embassies  and  legations  of  the  United  States  at  foreign  capitals;  officers  serving  with 
companies  of  mounted  infantry,  and  officers  on  duty  which  requires  them  to  be  mounted 
and  which  is  so  certified  to  by  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  commander  of  a  corps  or 
territorial  division  or  department  on  their  first  pay  vouchers  while  on  such  duty,  the 
certificate  being  cited  by  the  officers  on  their  subsequent  vouchers.     Officers  ceasing 
to  draw  mounted  pay  will  file  with  the  last  pay  voucher  a  copy  of  the  order  relieving 
them  from  duty  which  required  them  to  be  mounted. 

1300.  Acting  judge-advocates  of  military  departments,  and  lieutenants  and  cap- 
tains detailed  to  the  General  Staff  Corps  are  entitled  to  the  pay  of  captain  mounted. 
Second  lieutenants  detailed  to  the  Ordnance  Department  are  entitled  to  the  pay  of 
first  lieutenant  mounted. 

1301.  Division  and  department  commanders  will  announce,  in  orders,  the  author- 
ity obtained  from  the  Secretary  of  War  for  mounting  companies  of  infantry,  giving 
the  date  from  which  such  mounted  service  commences  and  termination  of  the  same. 

1302.  Muster  rolls  and  returns  of  companies  of  mounted  infantry  will  show  the 
number,  date,  and  source  of  order  authorizing  mounted  service.     The  pay  accounts 
of  the  officers  will  contain  the  same  information.     A  copy  of  the  order  will  be 
attached  to  the  first  muster  rolls  prepared  after  the  company  has  been  equipped  or 
mounted;  a  copy  of  the  order  discontinuing  such  service  will  appear  on  the  first 
muster  rolls  prepared  after  its  discontinuance. 

PAY   DURING    ABSENCE. 

1303.  In  determining  the  period  for  which  an  officer  is  entitled  to  full  pay  on 
leave,  time  within  four  successive  leave  years,  terminating  with  the  one  in  which 
absence  is  taken,  will  be  considered.     If  the  absence  does  not  cover  the  entire  period 
for  which  full  pay  is  allowed,  the  balance  thereof  will  be  placed  to  the  officer's  credit 
as  belonging  to  the  last  year  or  years  of  the  four  considered  and  may  be  made  avail- 
able for  future  leave. 

1304.  The  leave  year  is  reckoned  from  June  20  to  the  following  June  19,  both 
inclusive.     In  computing  leave  of  absence  expressed  in  days  during  any  leave  year, 
every  day  of  such  absence  will  be  counted;  'but  in  aggregating  such  absence  thirty 
days,  whether  consecutive  or  otherwise,  will  be  regarded  as  a  month's  absence. 
Leave  expressed  in  months  wall  be  counted  in  months. 

1305.  Leave  of  absence  may  be  granted  by  the  Superintendent  of  the  Military 
Academy,  under  regulations  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  the  professors, 
assistant  professors,  instructors,  and  other  officers  of  the  Academy  for  the  entire 
period  of  the  suspension  of  the  ordinary  academic  studies,  without  deduction  from 
pay  or  allowances. 

1306.  An  officer  ordered  to  temporary  duty  while  on  leave  will  be  regarded  as 
on  duty  from  the  day  on  which  he  receives  the  order.     When  the  duty  is  to  be  per- 
formed at  a  future  date  he  will  be  on  duty  from  the  date  on  which  he  starts  to  obey 


192  MILEAGE. 

the  order.  The  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  in  the  first  case,  and  the  date  of 
departure  in  the  second,  will  be  promptly  reported  to  The  Military  Secretary 
of  the  Army.  When  relieved  from  such  duty,  or  on  the  completion  thereof,  he 
reverts  to  the  status  of  leave  and  will  be  credited  with  the  time  on  duty  under  such 
order. 

MILEAGE. 

13O7.  When  an  officer  travels  without  troops  under  orders  he  is  entitled  to  the 
following  allowances: 

1.  To  mileage  at  the  rate  of  seven  cents  per  mile,  and  no  more,  for  the  distance 
between  the  points  named  in  the  order  for  travel,  such  distance  to  be  computed 
over  the  shortest  usually  traveled  routes,  with  deduction  as  hereinafter  provided. 

2.  Officers  who  so  desire  may,  upon  application  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department, 
be  furnished  with  transportation  requests,  exclusive  of  sleeping  and  parlor  car  accom- 
modations, for  the  entire  journey  under  their  orders;  and  the  transportation  so 
furnished  shall  be  a  charge  against  the  officer's  mileage  account,  to  be  deducted  at 
the  rate  of  three  cents  per  mile  by  the  paymaster  paying  the  account,  and  of  the 
amount  so  deducted  there  shall  be  turned  over  to  an  authorized  officer  of  the  Quar- 
termaster's Department  three  cents  per  mile  for  transportation  furnished  over  any 
railroad  which  is  not  a  free,  bond-aided,  or  fifty  per  cent  land-grant  railroad,  for  the 
credit  of  the  appropriation  for  transportation  of  the  Army  and  its  supplies. 

3.  When  the  established  route  of  travel  shall,  in  whole  or  in  part,  be  over  the  line 
of  any  railroad  on  which  the  troops  and  supplies  of  the  United  States  are  entitled  to 
be  transported  free  of  charge,  or  over  any  of  the  bond-aided  Pacific  railroads,  or 
over  any  fifty  per  cent  land-grant  railroad,  officers  traveling  as  herein  provided  for 
shall,  for  the  travel  over  such  roads,  be  furnished  with  transportation  requests, 
exclusive  of  sleeping  and  parlor  car  accommodations,  by  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
ment.    When  transportation  is  furnished  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  or 
when  the  established  route  of  travel  is  over  any  of  the  railroads  above  specified, 
there  shall  be  deducted  from  the  officer's  mileage  account,  by  the  paymaster  paying 
the  same,  three  cents  per  mile  for  the  distance  for  which  transportation  has  been  or 
should  have  been  furnished. 

13O§.  Actual  expenses  only  will  be  paid, to  officers  for  sea  travel  when  traveling 
without  troops  to,  from,  or  between  our  island  possessions. 

An  itemized  statement  of  such  expenses  will  be  filed  with  each  voucher  for  payment, 
as  follows: 

1.  Fares  upon  commercial   steamers,  steamship  lines,   or  other  usual  modes  of 
conveyance  by  sea. 

2.  Cost  of  customary  stateroom  accommodations  on  commercial  steamers  when  the 
same  is  not  included  in  the  travel  fare. 

3.  Hire  of  special  water  transportation  whe-n  there  are  no  regular  means  of  con- 
veyance. 

4.  Actual  cost  of  meals,  not  to  exceed  $4.50  per  day,  for  the  time  actually  and 
unavoidably  consumed  in  the  voyage  when  the  same  is  not  included  in  the  travel 
fare.     A  reasonable  fee  to  cabin  and  stateroom  stewards  will  be  allowed  on  commer- 
cial lines  of  steamers;  the  payment  of  such  fees  on  Government  transports  is  not 
authorized.     Subvouchers,  properly  receipted,  will  be  required  for  the  above  items 
when  the  total  cost  exceeds  one  dollar.      When  not  practicable  to  obtain   such 
subvouchers,  the  officer  will  so  certify. 

13O9.  "  Traveling  with  troops "  will  be  regarded  as  covering  all  cases  of  officers 
included  in  orders  for  movement,  in  whatever  manner,  of  their  appropriate  com- 
mands or  in  orders  for  movement  of  detachments,  escorts,  or  stores,  which  proceed 
by  marches  or  by  transportation  belonging  to  or  especially  hired  for  the  purpose  by 
the  United  States,  the  idea  being  that  in  marches  the  officers  should  move  as  do  the 
troops  and  that  where  transportation  is  specially  devoted  to  the  movement  it  is  suf- 


MILEAGE.  193 

ficient  for  all  included  therein.  But  the  term  will  not  be  regarded  as  covering  cases 
of  officers  included  in  the  movement  by  railroad,  stage,  or  like  established  lines  of 
conveyances,  of  detachments  of  less  than  ten  armed  or  unarmed  men,  such  as  guards 
and  nurses  for  disabled  or  insane  officers  or  soldiers,  or  recruiting  parties  and  escorts 
for  inspectors,  paymasters,  and  others,  or  the  public  funds  or  property  in  their 
charge.  Officers  traveling  on  troop  trains  or  transports,  whether  ordered  to  report 
to  the  commanding  officer  for  duty  with  the  troops  or  command  on  board  or  whether 
not  so  ordered,  are  regarded  as  traveling  with  troops  within  the  meaning  of  the 
laws  and  regulations. 

1310.  In  the  settlement  of  the  mileage  accounts  of  officers  of  the  Army  distances 
shall  be  determined  and  deductions  computed  over  routes  established  and  by  mileage 
tables  prepared  by  the  Paymaster-General  of  the  Army  under  the  direction  of  the 
Secretary  of  War;  and  all  payments  made  by  paymasters  on  account  of  mileage  shall 
be  determined  in  accordance  with  the  distance  tables  officially  promulgated  and  in 
use  at  the  date  of  the  commencement  of  the  journey.     Exception  to  this  rule  will  be 
made  only  when  the  terms  of  the  order,  or  the  impracticability  of  the  shortest  usually 
traveled  route,  compel  the  officer  to  take  another,  or  when  the  journey  is  performed 
by  a  route  shorter  than  that  usually  traveled.     In  such  cases  mileage  will  be  com- 
puted over  the  actually  traveled  route. 

1311.  Mileage  will  be  paid  by  the  chief  paymaster  of  the  department  in  which 
the  journey  is  completed.     The  foregoing  will  not  apply  to  journeys  in  which  delays 
at  intermediate  points  occur  and  afford  opportunity  for  the  collection  of  mileage  for 
travel  performed  to  such  points. 

1312.  No  portion  of  the  appropriation  for  mileage  to  officers  shall  be  expended 
for  inspections  or  investigations  except  such  as  are  especially  ordered  by  the  Secretary 
of  War,  or  such  as  are  made  by  army  and  department  commanders  in  visiting  their 
commands,  and  those  made  by  the  Inspector-General's  Department  in  pursuance  of 
law,  Army  Regulations,  or  orders  issued  by  the  Secretary  of  War;  but  the  commanding 
general  of  the  Philippines  Division  may  issue  orders  in  the  name  of  the  Secretary  of 
War  involving  travel  to  investigate  claims  for  property,  damages,  buildings,  and  other 
property  and  important  investigations  in  the  Philippine  Islands. 

1313.  To  entitle  an  officer  to  mileage,  the  order  for  travel  must  be  issued  pre- 
vious to  the  commencement  of  the  journey,  except  when  the  urgency  of  the  duty  is 
such  as  to  prevent  the  obtaining  of  previous  orders,  in  which  case  the  travel  must 
be  confirmed  in  orders.     Both  directory  and  confirmatory  orders  will   state   the 
specific  duty  enjoined,  recite  that  the  travel  is  necessary  for  the  public  service,  and 
direct  the  officer  to  return  to  his  station  upon  completion  of  assigned  duty,  if  such 
return  is  contemplated.     An  order  for  travel,  part  of  which  is  to  be  made  with 
troops,  should  direct  the  Quartermaster's  Department  to  furnish  transportation  for 
so  much  of  the  journey  as  is  performed  with  troops. 

.1314.     Commanders  of  artillery  districts  have  no  authority  to  issue  orders  to 
officers  carrying  mileage  to  and  from  posts  within  the  districts  under  their  command. 

1315.  Orders  will  not  prescribe  lines  of  travel,  except  when  necessary,  and  then 
the  reasons  will  be  set  forth  in  the  order. 

1316.  The  original  order,  including  indorsements,  will  accompany  each  voucher 
for  mileage,  and  when  transportation  in  kind  has  been  furnished,  for  the  whole  or 
for  any  part  of  the  distance  actually  traveled,  the  order  must  be  indorsed  by  the 
quartermaster  issuing  the  transportation,  showing  between  what  points  and  over 
what  route  such  transportation  was  furnished. 

1317.  When  an  officer  on  leave  of  absence  is  ordered  to  rejoin  his  station,  he  will 
not  be  entitled  to  mileage  unless  the  public  service  requires  the  performance  of  duty 
en  route,  in  which  case  the  order  will  specify  the  duty,  the  necessity  therefor,  and 
the  points  at  which  the  duty  will  begin  and  end. 

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194  MILEAGE COMMUTATION    OF    QUARTERS. 

131§.  When  an  officer  is  ordered,  while  on  leave  of  absence,  to  accompany  a 
detachment  of  recruits  and  on  the  completion  of  this  duty  to  join  his  station,  he 
returns  to  a  status  of  leave  as  soon  as  relieved  from  duty  with  the  recruits,  and  will 
proceed  to  join  his  station  without  expense  to  the  Government,  unless  the  distance 
he  may  have  to  travel  without  troops  should  be  in  excess  of  what  it  would  have  been 
had  he  not  received  the  order.  For  such  excess  distance  he  is  entitled  to  mileage. 

1319.  An  officer  on  leave  of  absence,  ordered  to  temporary  duty,  involving  travel 
without  troops,  will  receive  mileage  from  place  of  receipt  of  order  to  place  of  per- 
formance of  duty,  and  also  for  the  return  journey  to  place  of  receipt  of  order,  pro- 
vided he  makes  such  return  journey. 

1320.  When  the  station  of  an  officer,  serving  either  with  or  witkout  troops,  is 
changed  while  he  is  on  leave  of  absence,  or  immediately  upon  expiration  thereof 
he  will,  on  joining  his  new  station,  be  entitled  to  mileage  for  the  excess  only  of 
distance  from  the  place  of  receipt  by  the  officer  of  his  order  to  his  new  station  over 
the  distance  to  his  old  station. 

1321.  An  officer  under  orders  to  change  station  who  takes  advantage  of  a  leave 
of  absence  before  he  joins  his  new  station  is  not  deprived  of  the  mileage  to  which  he 
would  be  entitled  had  he  not  availed  himself  of  the  leave.     The  leave  of  absence 
merely  suspends  the  execution  of  the  orde'r  for  change  of  station,  and  at  the  expira- 
tion of  the  leave  the  officer  comes  under  operation  of  the  order,  and  in  obeying  it  is 
entitled  to  full  pay  for  the  time  necessary  to  perform  the  journey  from  his  old  to  his 
new  station. 

1322.  An  officer  relieved  from  duty  at  a  station  and  granted  leave  of  absence 
before  assignment  to  another,  who  receives  an  order  of  assignment  before  expiration 
of  leave,  is  entitled  to  mileage  from  the  place  where  he  receives  the  order  to  his  new 
station. 

1323.  An  officer  traveling  on  duty  in  connection  with  public  works  (not  arsenals, 
military  surveys,  or  explorations)  will  receive  travel  allowances  from  the  appropri- 
tion  for  the  work,  but  if  there  be  no  appropriation,  he  will  receive  mileage  from  the 
Pay  Department. 

1324.  The  following  are  entitled  to   mileage  to  their  first  stations:  Assistant, 
contract,  and  dental  surgeons,  from  place  of  appointment;  graduates  of  the  Military 
Academy,  from  West  Point;  officers  appointed  from  the  ranks,  from  place  of  discharge 
as  enlisted  men. 

1325.  In  the  following  cases  mileage  is  not  allowed:  In  joining  for  duty  upon  first 
appointment  to  the  military  service  from  civil  life;  or  under  the  first  order  after  a  rein- 
statement or  reappointment;  or  under  an  order  to  effect  a  transfer  from  one  company 
or  regiment  to  another,  made  at  the  request  of  the  officers  transferred;  or  insane  offi- 
cers sent  under  escort  to  the  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane;  or  sick  officers 
transferred  from  one  hospital  to  another. 

1326.  Allowances  for  travel  of  officers  or  enlisted  men  summoned  to  appear  and 
testify  before  committees  of  Congress,  or  before  the  courts  of  a  State  or  Territory,  are 
not  proper  charges  against  the  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Army.     Military 
persons  so  summoned  must  seek  reimbursement  for  their  expenses  of  travel  from  the 
committee  or  court  which  summoned  them. 

COMMUTATION    OF   QUARTERS. 

1327.  An  officer  on  duty  without  troops  at  a  station  where  there  are  no  public 
quarters,  or  where  the  public  quarters  are  inadequate,  is  entitled  to  commutation 
therefor. 

1328.  Officers  on  duty  in  the  War  Department,  at  Army  and  other  general  head- 
quarters, attending  surgeons  and  other  officers  on  duty  in  cities  and  other  places 
where  public  quarters  are  not  furnished,  but  where  enlisted  men  are  on  duty  only  as 


COMMUTATION    OF    QUARTERS STOPPAGES.  195 

guards,  orderlies,  clerks,  and  messengers,  and  recruiting  officers  at  city  stations,  are 
regarded  as  being  on  duty  without  troops  within  the  meaning  of  the  laws  and  regu- 
lations. 

1329.  An  officer  on  duty  at  a  station  where  he  is  properly  in  receipt  of  commuta- 
tion of  quarters  is  entitled  to  the  allowance  during  ordinary  leave  on  full  pay,  but 
not  during  sick  leave.  If  he  is  relieved  from  duty  at  the  station  and  then  avails  him- 
self of  a  leave,  his  commutation  ceases. 

ItftfO.  An  officer  does  not  lose  his  right  to  quarters  or  commutation  at  his  per- 
manent station  by  a  temporary  absence  on  duty.  While  he  continues  to  hold  that 
right  and  exercises  it  by  constructive  occupation  or  use  of  any  kind,  he  can  not  legally 
demand  quarters  or  commutation  at  any  other  station.  Exceptions  to  this  rule 
may  be  made  by  the  general  commanding  the  troops  in  the  Philippine  Islands  in 
cases  arising  in  his  command;  in  all  other  cases  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  after 
approval  by  the  commanding  general  of  the  department. 

i:t:51.  When  the  command  to  which  an  officer  belongs  changes  stations  during 
his  temporary  absence  on  duty  he  loses  his  right  to  quarters  from  the  time  his  com- 
mand leaves  its  old  station  and  does  not  acquire  a  right  at  the  new  station  until  he 
has  reported  for  duty  thereat.  He  is  entitled  in  the  meantime  to  quarters  or  com- 
mutation therefor  at  the  station  where  he  is  temporarily  serving. 

1 332.  An  officer  relieved  from  duty  at  one  station,  where  he  was  entitled  to  com- 
mutation of  quarters,  and  assigned  to  another,  is  not  entitled  to  such  allowance  from 
the  date  of  relief  to  the  date  on  which  he  reports  in  person  at  the  new  station. 

1333.  Officers  who,  for  the  convenience  of  the  Government,  are  directed  to  await 
orders  for  a  limited  period  at  a  point  where  there  are  no  public  quarters,  are  entitled 
to  commutation;  but  an  officer  ordered  to  his  home  to  await  orders  is  not  entitled  to 
this  allowance.     An  officer  ordered  to  report  by  letter  to  a  superior  does  not  become 
entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters  until  he  receives  a  specific  order  of  assignment 
and  reports  in  person  at  the  station  to  which  assigned. 

1334.  Officers  on  the  active  list  on  duty  at  colleges  where  no  public  quarters  are 
furnished  by  the  United  States  are  entitled  to  commutation;  but  retired  officers  on 
duty  at  colleges  are  not  entitled  to  commutation. 

1335.  The  first  voucher  for  commutation  of  quarters  at  any  station  must  be 
accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  order  assigning  the  officer  to  duty  thereat.     In  subse- 
quent vouchers  the  paymaster  will  refer  by  number,  etc.,  to  the  voucher  with  which 
the  order  is  filed,  and  the  final  voucher  must  be  accompanied  by  the  authority  for, 
and  must  show  the  date  of  relief  from,  such  duty. 

STOPPAGES. 

1336.  When  an  officer  has  been  overpaid,  or  is  indebted  to  the  United  States  for 
money  or  property,  or  has  failed  properly  to  account  for  the  same,  the  chief  of  the 
bureau  concerned  will  promptly  notify  him  of  the  amount  of  his  indebtedness  or  his 
failure  to  account.     If  after  such  notice  he  does  not  refund,  or  make  satisfactory 
explanation,  or  take  proper  action  within  a  reasonable   time,  the  matter  will  be 
reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1337.  On  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  stoppages  may  be  made  against  the 
pay  of  officers  for  overpayments,  illegal  disbursement,  or  loss  through  fraud  or  neg- 
lect of  the  public  funds,  and  for  deficiencies  in,  loss  of,  or  damage  to,  military  sup- 
plies, unless  proof  be  furnished  that  the  deficiency,  loss,  or  damage  was  not  occasioned 
by  any  fault  on  their  part. 

133§.  The  notice  of  stoppage  of  officers'  pay  will  be  prepared  in  the  form  of  a 
monthly  circular  to  paymasters,  advising  them  of  stoppages  outstanding  at  its  date. 
This  circular  will  be  submitted  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  his  approval  prior  to  its 
publication.  When  an  officer's  name  is  borne  thereon,  no  payment  of  salary  will  be 


196  PAYMENT    OF    CADETS    AND    ENLISTED    MEN. 

made  to  him  which  is  not  in  accordance  with  the  stoppage  entry  made  against  his 
name. 

1339.  Overpayments  to  an  officer  will  be  deducted  on  the  first  payment  after  a 
notice  of  stoppage  against  him  is  received,  even  if  the  pay  accounts  have  been  assigned; 
the  assignee  takes  the  account  subject  to  all  risks  of  stoppage. 

PAYMENT   OF   CADETS. 

1340.  Payment  on  pay  rolls  and  final  accounts  will  be  made  to  the  cadets  at  the 
Military  Academy  by  a  paymaster,  who  will  turn  over  the  net  amount  of  the  rolls 
and  accounts  to  the  treasurer  of  the  Academy. 

1341.  Cadets  upon  being  discharged  from  the  service  are  not  entitled  to  mile- 
age, but  to  actual  expenses  to  their  homes  paid  by  the  quartermaster  of  the  Military 
Academy. 

1343.  Graduates  of  the  Military  Academy  are  entitled  to  full  pay  from  the  date 
of  graduation  to  the  date  of  their  acceptance  of  and  qualification  under  their  com- 
missions, and  during  their  graduation  leave. 

PAYMENT   OF   ENLISTED    MEN. 

1343.  Troops  will  be  paid  every  month  unless  circumstances  prevent,  in  which 
case  the  paymaster  charged  with  the  payment  will  immediately  report  the  facts 
through  his  chief  paymaster  to  the  Paymaster-General. 

1 344.  Payments  will  be  made  as  soon  after  the  close  of  each  month  as  practicable. 
The  troops  at  posts  where  paymasters  are  stationed  and  others  in  their  immediate 

vicinity,  to  be  designated  in  instructions  issued  from  the  War  Department,  will  be 
paid  by  paymasters  in  person. 

For  posts  at  which  payments  are  not  required  to  be  made  in  person,  the  paymaster 
will  transmit  by  registered  mail  or  express  the  pay  due  in  one  or  more  of  the  follow- 
ing ways: 

1.  By  individual  check,  payable  to  the  order  of  each  man,  for  the  exact  amount  due. 

2.  By  inclosing  in  a  separate  sealed  envelope  the  exact  amount  in  currency  due 
each  soldier,  with  his  name  and  the  amount  inclosed  marked  thereon. 

Troops  in  the  field  will  be  paid  by  paymasters  in  person,  unless  instructions  to  the 
contrary  are  given  by  proper  authority. 

1345.  So  far  as  relates  to  disbursements  in  the  Philippine  Islands  and  other 
places,  including  Alaska,  beyond  the  boundary  of  the  States  composing  the  Union, 
and  for  the  convenience  of  the  paymaster  in  obtaining  ready  money,  as  well  as  for 
the  accommodation  of  both  officers  and  men  at  such  distant  places,  a  check  may  be 
drawn  for  a  portion  of  the  pay  due  the  soldier  (or  officer),  in  which  case  it  will  be 
drawn  in  favor  of  the  soldier  (or  officer),  and  the  object  or  purpose  will  be  stated  as 
"part  pay  for  month  of —  — ;"  if  for  any  sum  which  the  soldier  (or  officer)  may 
desire  in  exchange  for  money  after  he  has  been  paid,  the  check  will  be  drawn  by  the 
paymaster  in  favor  of  himself  and  indorsed  by  him  payable  to  the  order  of  the  sol- 
dier (or  officer) ,  and  the  object  or  purpose  will  be  stated  as  "to  obtain  cash  to  make 
payments  at  a  distance  from  a  depository." 

1346.  Calculations  on  the  pay  rolls  are  made  by  the  paymaster  and  copied  on  the 
retained  roll  by  the  company  or  detachment  commander,  who  will  certify  that  he 
witnessed  the  payment,  and  will  enter  thereon  the  name  of- the  paymaster  and  date 
of  payment. 

1347.  All  enlisted  men  present  will  receipt  the  pay  rolls  in  triplicate  for  the 
amount  due  them,  and  witnessing  officers  will  see  that  the  soldiers'  signatures  corre- 
spond with  their  names  as  borne  thereon.     When  a  soldier  can  not  write  he  will 
receipt  by  his  mark,  which  will  be  witnessed  by  a  commissioned  officer,  or,  in  the 


PAYMENT    OF    ENLISTED    MEN.  197 

absence  of  a  commissioned  officer,  by  a  contract  surgeon.  Duplicate  copies  of  the 
rolls  will  then  be  forwarded  by  the  commanding  officer  to  the  paymaster  designated 
to  pay  the  command. 

1348.  If  the  payment  is  not  to  be  made  by  the  paymaster  in  person,  the  com- 
manding officer,  when  forwarding  the  rolls,  will  furnish  the  paymaster  with  the 
name,  rank,  etc.,  of  the  officer  designated  to  see  that  the  men  of  the  command  are 
paid,  and  at  the  same  time  will  state  what  part  of  the  pay  can  conveniently  be 
received  by  the  men  in  individual  checks  and  cashed  at  or  near  the  post  without 
discount,  designating  the  location  of  depository  on  which  it  is  desired  that  the  checks 
should  be  drawn,  and  whether  it  is  desired  that  the  checks  be  sent  by  mail  or  by 
express.     The  remainder  of  the  pay  will  be  sent  in  envelopes. 

1349.  The  paymaster  will,  as  far  as  practicable,  draw  the  checks  on  the  depos- 
itory designated;  the  checks,  when  not  sent  by  mail,  and  the  money  for  each  organ- 
ization will  be  inclosed  in  separate  packages  properly  marked,  and  the  whole  will  be 
consolidated  into  one  package  and  forwarded  by  express  to  the  post  commander. 
One  of  each  of  the  company  or  detachment  rolls,  extended  to  show  the  amounts  to 
be  paid,  will  be  returned  to  the  commanding  officer  and  by  him  sent  to  the  -proper 
company  commanders. 

1 35O.  The  paymaster  will,  in  the  presence  of  at  least  one  witness,  personally  place 
in  each  envelope  the  exact  amount  of  money  due  the  soldier,  seal  the  same,  see  that 
the  name  of  the  soldier  and  amount  inclosed  are  marked  on  the  envelope,  and  that 
the  individual  checks  and  the  sealed  envelopes  are  inclosed  in  one  sealed  package, 
upon  the  outside  of  which  will  be  indorsed — 

1.  Name  of  the  organization. 

2.  Number  of  checks  inclosed. 

3.  Number  of  sealed  envelopes  inclosed. 

4.  Total  amount  of  pay  due  and  remitted,  less  deposits,  $ . 

(a)  By  check . $— 

(6)  By  currency $ 

5.  Signature  of  the  paymaster. 

All  the  packages  containing  checks  and  sealed  envelopes  for  the  several  organiza- 
tions, completed  and  indorsed  as  above,  will  be  made  up  into  one  parcel  and  sealed 
by  the  paymaster.  Upon  the  outside  will  be  marked  the  name  [and  address  of  the 
post  or  other  command  and  the  names  of  the  subordinate  organizations  for  which 
pay  is  therein  remitted,  and  the  paymaster  will  append  thereto  his  signature. 

1351.  The  consolidated  package  thus  marked  and  addressed  to  the  commanding 
officer  will  be  turned  over  to  the  quartermaster,  who  will  forward  the  same  by  express 
to  its  destination. 


198 


PAYMENT    OF    ENLISTED   MEN. 


The  following  are  specimen  indorsements: 


FOR  THE  COMMANDING  OFFICER,  FORT  LEAVEN- 
WORTH,  KANS. 
Contents  of  this  package. 

The  pay,  less  deposits,  due  for  month  of  Septem- 
ber, 1896,  for— 

N.  C.  O.  and  band,  20th  Infantry. 
Co.  A, 
B, 
C, 


F, 
G, 
H, 
Troop  A, 


6th  Cavalry. 


Hospital  Corps  Detachment. 
Post  N.  C.  Staff. 

In  making  up  the  contents  of  this  package  the 
provisions  of  paragraph  1350  of  the  Army  Regula- 
tions have  been  complied  with. 

JOHN  SMITH, 
Major  and  Paymaster. 


Pay  for  Troop  F,  8th  Cavalry,  September,  1896. 
Contents. 

43  sealed  envelopes 81, 000. 00 

17  checks...  563.18 


63  remittances $1,563. 18 

JOHN  SMITH, 
Major  and  Paymaster. 


Private  Joseph  Thompson,  Co.  A,  20th  Infantry. 

Contents. 
$14.75  in  currency. 

At  places  beyond  express  delivery  th  e  post  commander,  when  notified  by 
the  paymaster  that  funds  sent  by  express  areto  be  expected,  will  send  an  officer 
with  a  suitable  escort  to  receipt  for  the  express  package  and  convey  the  funds  to  the 
post.  The  name  of  the  officer  authorized  to  receipt  for  the  package  will  previously 
have  been  reported  to  the  paymaster. 

1353.  When  the  express  package  is  received  at  the  post  it  will  be  opened  in  the 
presence  of  witnesses  by  the  commanding  officer,  who  will  observe  the  condition  of 
the  seals,  verify  the  number  of  company  and  detachment  packages,  and  see  that  the 
marking  upon  them  conforms  to  these  instructions.     The  separate  sealed  packages 
containing  the  pay  for  the  several  companies  and  detachments  will  then  be  deliv- 
ered to  the  officer  designated  to  pay  the  command,  for  distribution,  which  will  be 
made  as  soon  as  practicable  thereafter;  but  in  no  case  will  such  distribution  be 
deferred  more  than  twenty-four  hours.     The  commanding  officer  will  be  responsible 
for  the  safe-keeping  of  the  packages  of  funds  from  the  time  of  their  receipt  at  the 
post  until  they  have  been  thus  turned  over  for  distribution. 

1354.  When  a  company  or  detachment  is  paraded  for  pay,  the  officer  designated 
to  pay  the  command  will  open  the  package  containing  the  pay  for  that  company  or 
detachment  in  the  presence  of  at  least  one  witness,  who  shall  be  a  commissioned 
officer;  or,  in  the  absence  of  a  commissioned  officer,  the  verification  and  delivery 
may  be  witnessed  by  a  contract  surgeon.     The  number  of  checks  in  the  package  and 


PAYMENT    OF    ENLISTED   MEN.  199 

the  number  of  sealed  envelopes,  purporting  to  contain  the  pay  of  individual  soldiers, 
will  be  counted,  and  the  agreement  of  this  number  with  the  record  made  by  the 
paymaster  upon  the  wrapper  will  be  verified  by  both  officers,  and  the  amount 
marked  on  the  sealed  envelope  as  the  pay  due  each  man  will  be  verified  by  compari- 
son with  the  pay  roll  before  the  distribution  begins.  As  each  man's  name  is  called 
the  check  drawn  to  his  order  will  be  given  to  him,  or  the  envelope  bearing  the  man's 
name  will  be  opened,  its  contents  verified  by  comparison  with  the  marks  on  the 
envelope  or  with  the  pay  roll,  and  the  money  handed  to  the  soldier  by  said  officer, 
all  in  presence  and  under  the  personal  observation  of  the  officer  designated  to  wit- 
ness the  payment, 

1355.  Should  there  be  a  deficiency  it  will  be  eo  certified  on  the  roll  by  the  pay- 
ing and  verifying  officers,  and  the  envelope  will  be  resealed  without  taking  any- 
thing from  it,  and  returned  to  the  paymaster  unless  the  amount  should  be  offset  by 
finding  a  surplus  in  another  envelope.  Should  there  be  an  excess  the  surplus  will 
be  returned  to  the  paymaster.  In  each  case  a  statement  of  the  facts,  with  appro- 
priate certificates,  will  be  eent  to  the  paymaster  by  the  commanding  officer. 

1356*  In  case  of  error  or  informality  a  statement  of  the  facts  as  found  to  exist 
will  be  immediately  indorsed  upon  the  envelope  or  wrapper,  as  the  case  may  be,  and 
the  officers  present" will  certify  to  the  correctness  of  the  statement  and  lay  the  same 
before  the  commanding  officer 

1357.  The  copy  of  the  pay  roll  of  each  organization,  which  the  paymaster  is 
required  by  paragraph  1349  of  the  Regulations  to  return  to  the  post,  will  be  refor- 
warded  to  the  paymaster  by  the  commanding  officer,  without  delay,  after  the 
payment  is  completed. 

135$.  Should  any  error  or  informality  be  discovered  in  a  check  it  will  be  returned 
to  the  paymaster,  who  will  correct  the  same  and  return  it  with  the  least  practicable 
delay.  The  roll  will  be  returned  to  the  paymaster  after  payment  of  the  company 
with  a  note  thereon,  verified  by  the  witnessing  officer,  stating  the  facts  as  to  the 
erroneous  check.  The  receipt  of  the  corrected  check  will  be  certified  by  the  com- 
pany commander  to  the  paymaster,  who  will  file  such  certificate  with  the  pay  rolls. 

1359.  Should  the  bank  or  person  who  cashes  the  individual  check  so  desire,  the 
company  commander  will  certify  to  the  correctness  of  the  indorsements  made  by  his 
men  upon  their  respective  checks. 

1360.  The  officer  designated,  after  making  the  payment  to  the  company,  will  so 
certify  on  the  roll,  which  he  will  then  transmit  to  the  paymaster,  together  with  a 
separate  certificate  of  the  witnessing  officer,  to  be  pasted  by  the  paymaster  to  his 
retained  roll. 

1361.  Should  a  soldier  die  or  desert  in  the  interval  between  signing  the  pay  rolls 
and  the  receipt  of  the  money  at  the  post  from  the  paymaster,  the  check  or  cash  will 
be  immediately  returned  to  the  paymaster  by  the  company  or  detachment  com- 
mander, the  cash  by  express,  through  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  the  check 
by  registered  mail,  and  a  note  of  explanation  stating  the  fact  of  nonpayment  and 
return  of  the  check  or  money  will  be  made  on  the  roll,  verified  by  the  signature  of 
the  witnessing  officer.     The  same  course  will  be  pursued  should  a  soldier  decline  to 
receive  his  pay,  or  if  for-any  other  reason  it  should  be  impracticable  to  deliver  it  to 
him  in  person.     When  a  paymaster  has  had  money  returned  to  him  in  such  cases  he 
will  cancel  the  signature  of  the  soldier  on  the  roll. 

Should  it  appear  from  the  pay  rolls  submitted  to  the  paymaster  that  the  term  of 
any  soldier  thereon  will  expire  and  he  be  discharged  before  the  pay  rolls  and  money 
can  be  received  back  at  the  post,  the  paymaster  will  ignore  the  man's  account  and 
erase  his  signature  from  the  "  receipt"  column,  and  the  company  commander  in  pre- 
paring such  soldier's  final  statements  will  note  thereon  the  date  of  last  actual  pay- 
ment and  not  the  date  of  expiration  of  muster  period  for  which  he  has  signed  the 
rolls. 


200  REENLISTEP    AND    CONTINUOUS-SERVICE    PAY. 

1 362.  When  companies  or  detachments  of  troops  are  absent  from  their  stations 
for  an  indefinite  period,  and  funds  for  their  payment  can  not  be  sent  by  express,  the 
rolls  will  be  held  and  not  sent  to  the  paymaster  until  the  troops  reach  some  point  to 
which  it  is  practicable  to  send  funds.      When  a  command  can  be  mustered  and  the 
rolls  completed  and  duly  signed  by  the  men,  they  can  be  sent  to  the  paymaster  to  be 
made  out  and  held  by  him  until  notified  where  and  when  the  command  can  be  paid. 
In  cases  where  the  rolls  have  been  sent  to  the  paymaster  and  the  troops  are  sent 
away  from  their  station  before  the  receipt  of  funds  for  their  payment,  post  com- 
manders will  not  hold  the  money  at  their  discretion,  but  will  return  the  rolls  and 
the  money  to  the  paymaster  unless  payment  can  be  made  within  a  reasonable  time, 
not  exceeding  three  days. 

1363.  Deposits  may  be  made  in  the  usual  manner,  the  amount  to  be  deposited 
being  reported  to  the  paymaster  by  letter  forwarded  with  the  rolls,  the  soldier's 
deposit  book  being  also  forwarded  therewith.    Should  a  man  desire  to  deposit  a  sum 
greater  than  his  pay  his  company  commander  will  see  that  a  proper  check,  postal 
order,  or  express  order  accompanies  his  deposit  book;  if  neither  check  nor  order  can 
be  obtained  the  company  commander  will  send  the  money  by  registered  mail  at 
public  expense,  verifying  the  amount  and  reporting  it  in  a  separate  communication 
to  the  paymaster.     Deposit  books  will  be  returned  by  the  paymaster  to  the  company 
commander  properly  filled  in  for  attestation. 

1364.  When  a  paymaster  has  made  an  incorrect  payment  to  an  enlisted  man,  he 
will  report  the  fact  to  the  commander  of  the  company  in  which  the  man  is  mustered, 
who  will  note  the  same  on  the  next  muster  and  pay  roll,  that  it  may  be  corrected. 

1365.  Payments  to  enlisted  men  will  be  made  on  payrolls,  with  the  following 
exceptions:  Enlisted  men  retired,  and  men  of  the  post  noncommissioned  staff,  or 
acting  as  such,  and  sergeants,  corporals,  and  men  of  the  Signal   Corps  on   duty 
where  there  are  no  other  troops.     These  will  be  paid  on  their  descriptive  lists  by 
the  chief  paymaster  of  the  department,  or  a  paymaster  designated  by  him;  if  not 
under  the  orders  of  the  department  commander,  they  will  be  paid  by  a  paymaster 
designated  by  the  Paymaster-General.     Payments  to  discharged  soldiers  will  be 
made  by  any  paymaster  under  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  1403  to  1411. 

REENLISTED    AND   CONTINUOUS-SERVICE    PAY. 

1366.  Additional  pay  shall  be  allowed  to  enlisted  men  at  the  rate  of  $1  per 
month  for  the  third  year,  $1  more  per  month  for  the  fourth  year,  and  $1  more  per 
month  for  the  fifth  year  of  continuous  service. 

1367.  Enlisted  men  who  are  honorably  discharged  and  reenlist  within  three 
months  shall,  after  five  years'  continuous  service,  be  paid  at  the  rate  allowed  to 
those  serving  in  the  fifth  year  of  their  enlistment.     This  is  called  reenlisted  pay, 
and  having  once  been  earned  by  the  soldier  entering  upon  the  sixth  year  of  continu- 
ous service,  will  be  paid  to  him  during  all  subsequent  service,  whatever  period  of 
time  may  intervene  between  subsequent  discharges  and  reentry  into  the  service. 
To  entitle  to  "reenlisted  pay,"  a  soldier  must  have  drawn  $2  per  month  for  five  years' 
continuous  service  during  some  previous  enlistment. 

136§.  Continuous-service  pay  at  the  rate  of  $2  per  month  will  be  paid  to  all 
enlisted  men  who  have  served  continuously  for  a  longer  period  than  five  years,  and 
for  each  successive  period  of  five  years,  so  long  as  they  shall  remain  continuously  in 
the  Army,  an  additional  monthly  allowance  of  $1.  A  reenlistment  after  a  period 
exceeding  three  months  from  the  date  of  discharge  does  not  entitle  the  soldier  to 
continuous-service  pay.  Service  as  a  cadet  at  the  Military  Academy  can  not  be  reck- 
oned in  computing  continuous-service  pay. 

1369.  The  reenlistment  pay  of  an  enlisted  man  not  entitled  to  continuous-service 
allowances  will  be  indicated  on  the  muster  and  pay  rolls  as  "entitled  to  reenlisted 
pay."  Should  he  be  serving  in  the  first  five  years,  or  be  entitled  to  both  reenlist- 
ment and  continuous-service  pay,  the  rolls  should  show  the  year  of  continuous 
service  in  which  he  is  serving. 


ADDITIONAL    PAY ALLOTMENTS.  201 

CERTIFICATE   OF   MERIT. 

1370.  A  certificate  of  merit  granted  to  an  enlisted  man  for  distinguished  service 
entitles  him,  from  the  date  of  such  service,  to  additional  pay  at  the  rate  of  $2  per 
month  during  military  service,  whether  as  an  enlisted  man  or  as  an  officer,  although 
such  service  may  not  be  continuous,  and  is  payable  in  full  to  a  retired  enlisted  man. 

ADDITIONAL    PAY   TO    ENLISTED    MEN. 

1371.  The  20  per  cent  increase  allowed  to  enlisted  men  serving  in  certain  places 
designated  by  law,  is  payable  from  the  date  of  arrival  in  such  places^to  the  date 
of  departure  therefrom;  but  enlisted  men  entitled  to  this  increase  are  not  entitled 
to  receive  extra-duty  pay. 

1372.  Enlisted  men  qualified  as  gunners  in  the  Artillery  Corps  are  entitled  to  $2 
per  month  for  first-class  and  $1  per  month  for  second-class,  in  addition  to  their  pay, 
for  a  period  of  three  years  from  date  of  qualification  and  for  such  additional  time  as 
may  be  required  to  provide  for  their  reexamination;  provided  that  during  that 
period  they  have  not  been  out  of  the  artillery  service  for  more  than  three  months. 
If  discharged  before  the  expiration  of  the  three  years  and  reenlisted  within  three 
months,  the  latter  time  will  not  be  counted  as  a  part  of  the  period  for  which  they 
are  entitled  to  gunners'  pay.     The  first  muster  and  pay-roll  on  which  a  gunner  is 
mustered  for  pay  must  show  the  date  of  the  report  of  board  of  examination  as 
announced  in  orders,  giving  the  number,  date,  and  source  of  such  order. 

1373.  Enlisted  men  qualifying  as  expert  riflemen  are  entitled  to  $1  per  month  in 
addition  to  their  pay  from  the  date  of  publication  in  department  orders  of  the  fact 
of  qualification.     The  first  muster  and  pay  rolls  on  which  they  are  mustered  for  the 
increased  pay  must  give  the  number,  date,  and  source  of  such  order.     They  will  cease 
to  be  entitled  to  the  extra  pay  as  expert  riflemen  at  the  close  of  the  first  subsequent 
target  year  in  which  they  shall  fail  to  qualify  as  expert  riflemen  or  sharpshooters, 
unless  they  belong  to  an  organization  of  engineers,  cavalry,  or  infantry  none  of  the 
members  of  which  were  classified.     When  a  soldier  thus  ceases  to  be  entitled  to  the 
additional  pay,  the  fact,  with  date,  will  be  noted  on  the  first  muster  and  pay  rolls 
subsequent  to  the  close  of  the  target  year. 

ALLOTMENTS. 

1374.  Every  enlisted  man  absent  on  distant  duty  shall  be  allowed  to  allot  such 
portion  of  his  pay  as  he  may  desire  for  the  support  of  his  family  or  relatives,  for  his 
own  savings,  or  for  any  other  purpose,  excepting  that  of  obtaining  an  advance  on 
his  pay;  but  the  allotment  privileges  to  soldiers  serving  within  the  boundaries  of 
the  United  States  will  be  limited  to  the  support  of  their  families  and  relatives. 

1375.  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  receipt  of  an  order  for  distant  duty  the  com- 
manding officers  of  troops,  batteries,  companies,  bands,  noncommissioned  staff,  sig- 
nal and  hospital  corps,  or  any  other  detachments  affected  by  this  order,  shall  report 
to  the  Paymaster-General,  on  prescribed  blanks,  the  names  of  all  men  of  their  organi- 
zations who  desire  to  make  allotments,  and  thereafter,  on  the  last  day  of  each  month, 
said  commanding  officers  shall  report,  on  prescribed  blanks,  to  the  Paymaster-General, 
the  names  of  all  men  of 'their  organizations  who  during  the  month  begin  an  allot- 
ment period.     These  reports  shall  be  forwarded  by  registered  mail,  and  on  their 
receipt  the  Paymaster-General  shall  make  acknowledgment  to  the  respective  com- 
manding officers,  stating  the  names  of  grantors  and  the  amounts  and  periods  of  the 
allotments. 

1376.  All  allotments  shall  be  executed  in  duplicate  and  witnessed  by  the  respec- 
tive commanding  officers  specified  in  paragraph  1375,  one  copy  to  be  retained  by  said 
commanding  officers  and  the  other  to  be  forwarded  immediately  to  the  Paymaster- 


202  ALLOTMENTS. 

General.  Before  witnessing  an  allotment  such  commanding  officer  shall,  however, 
satisfy  himself  that  the  allotment  is  not  made  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  an  advance 
on  the  soldier's  pay.  When  a  bank  is  designated  as  allottee  the  immediate  com- 
manding officer  of  the  grantor  shall  furnish  the  bank,  at  the  same  time  that  he 
furnishes  the  allotment  roll  to  the  Paymaster-General,  with  the  signature  of  the 
grantor,  and  also  inform  the  bank  of  the  amount  and  period  of  allotment.  Such 
commanding  officer  shall  also,  if  possible,  satisfy  himself  that  the  bank  named  has 
an  existence.  An  allotment  shall  be  made  payable  on  the  last  day  of  each  month 
and  for  a  stated  period. 

1377.  On  the  death,  discharge,  or  desertion  of  a  soldier  who  has  an  allotment  run- 
ning, the  allotment  ceases.     In  such  cases  the  immediate  commanding  officer  will 
report  as  expeditiously  as  possible  to  the  Paymaster-General,  or  in  the  Philippines 
Division  to  the  adjutant-general  of  the  division,  the  names  of  grantors  whose  allot- 
ments thus  cease.     In  the  Philippines  Division,  except  in  the  case  of  deaths  which 
are  otherwise  reported,  the  division  commander  will  send  by  cable  notification  to 
The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army,  who  will  at  once  notify  the  Paymaster-General. 
In  case  of  forfeiture  by  sentence  of  a  court-martial  the  stoppage  of  pay  to  meet  the 
allotment,  being  a  reimbursement  to  the  United  States  of  the  amount  paid  the  allottee, 
will  take  precedence  of  the  forfeiture;  when,  however,  the  forfeiture  is  such  that  pos- 
sibly it  can  not  be  stopped  in  full  prior  to  the  discharge  of  the  soldier  if  the  allot- 
ment is  continued,  the  immediate  commanding  officer  will  report  at  once  by  mail  to 
the  Paymaster-General  requesting  a  discontinuance  of  the  allotment.     Similar  action 
will  be  taken  when,  due  to  reduction,  to  stoppages  for  clothing  overdrawn,  to  con- 
tinued misconduct,  or  to  any  reason,  the  soldier's  available  pay  will  not  warrant  the 
continuance  of  the  allotment.     The  Paymaster-General  wrill  notify  a  soldier's  imme- 
diate commanding  officer  of  the  fact  of  discontinuance  of  payment  to  the  allottee  and 
the  last  month's  allotment  paid.     The  stoppage  of  pay  to  meet  the  allotment  will  be 
continued  until  this  notice  is  received,  and  the  soldier  will  be  credited  on  the  next 
roll  with  any  amount  withheld  in  excess  of  amount  paid  the  allottee. 

1378.  When  an  allotment  is  discontinued  by  request  of  the  grantor,  prior  to  the 
expiration  of  the  period  for  which  the  allotment  was  granted,  the  commanding  offi- 
cers specified  in  paragraph  1375  shall,  on  the  last  day  of  the  month,  submit  to  the 
Paymaster-General,  on  prescribed  blanks,  a  report  thereof,  and  such  allotment  shall 
be  payable  for  one  month  from  the  date  of  such  report.     Upon  the  receipt  of  this 
report  the  Paymaster-General  shall  at  once  acknowledge  the  same  to  the  said  com- 
manding officers.    Allotments  to  be  discontinued  by  expiration  of  the  allotment  period 
will  not  be  reported. 

1379.  Payment  to  allottees  shall  be  made  by  one  or  more  paymasters,  to  be  des- 
ignated by  the  Paymaster-General.     Said  disbursing  officer  shall,  before  making 
payment  of  such  allotment,  use  due  diligence  in  obtaining  and  making  use  of  all 
information  that  may  have  been  received  in  the  War  Department  relative  to  the 
grantors  of  the  allotments. 

1380.  If  an  erroneous  payment  is  made  because  of  the  failure  of  an  officer 
responsible  for  such  report  to  report,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of 
War,  the  death  of  the  grantor,  or  any*  fact  which  renders  the  allotment  not  payable, 
then  the  amount  of  such  erroneous  payment  shall  be  collected  by  the  Paymaster-' 
General  from  the  officer  who  fails  to  make  such  report,  if*  such  collection  is  practi- 
cable. 

1381.  All  allotments  of  pay  of  enlisted  men  that  have  been  or  shall  be  paid  to 
the  designated  allottees,  after  the  expiration  of  one  month  subsequent  to  the  month 
in  which  said  allotments  accrued,  shall  pass  to  the  credit  of  the  disbursing  officer  who 
has  made  or  shall  make  such  payment. 

1382.  In  case  of  the  capture  by  the  enemy  of  soldiers  who  have  made  allotments 
which  may  expire  after  their  capture,  the  monthly  payments  of  the  same  shall  be 
continued  until  otherwise  ordered  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 


ALLOTMENTS DEPOSITS.  203 

1383.  In  case  of  the  transfer  of  a  soldier  whose  period  of  allotment  still  con- 
tinues, all  the  data  respecting  said  allotments  shall  be  entered  on  his  descriptive  list, 
and  the  commanding  officer  of  the  troop,  battery,  or  company  from  which  he  is 
transferred  shall  at  once  report  such  transfer  to  the  Paymaster-General. 

1384.  The  date,  period,  and  amount  of  allotment  shall  be  entered  as  a  part  of 
the  soldier's  record  and  also  noted  on  each  pay  roll  during  the  period  of  allotment. 
The  discontinuance  or  suspension  of  an  allotment  shall  be  similarly  entered  and  noted. 

13§5.  When  the  grantor  of  an  allotment  is  soon  entitled  to  discharge  and  is  so 
much  in  debt  to  the  United  States  that  it  will  require  the  whole  or  a  part  of  his 
allotted  pay  to  cancel  his  obligation,  this  allotment  shall  be  terminated  in  the  pre- 
scribed manner. 

1386.  Upon  receiving  information  of  the  death  of  any  person  to  whom  an  allot- 
ment is  payable  by  him,  the  paymaster  properly  designated  to  pay  this  allotment 
shall  at  once  report  this  fact  to  the  Paymaster-General,  who  shall  forthwith  inform 
the  grantor's  immediate  commanding  officer. 

1387.  When  an  allotment  is  discontinued,  at  the  request  of  the  person  making  it, 
before  the  expiration  of  the  term  for  which  it  is  granted,  it  shall  not  be  renewed 
within  that  term  except  by  permission  of  the  regimental  or  post  commander,  on 
satisfactory  reasons  being  given  for  such  discontinuance  and  renewal. 

DEPOSITS. 

1388.  Any  enlisted  man,  not  retired,  may  deposit  his  savings  with  any  paymas- 
ter in  sums  not  less  than  five  dollars,  the  same  to  remain  so  deposited  until  final  pay- 
ment on  discharge.     The  paymaster  will  furnish  the  depositor  with  a  book,  in  which 
each  deposit,  with  name  of  depositor,  date,  place,  and  amount,  in  words  and  figures, 
will  be  entered  in  the  form  of  a  certificate,  signed  by  the  paymaster  and  company 
commander.     The  transfer,  pledge,  or  sale  of  deposit  books  is  prohibited.     The 
company  commander  will  keep  in  the  soldier's  record  an  account  of  every  deposit 
made  by  the  soldier;  and  after  each  regular  payment  he,  and  all  officers  having 
charge  of  detachments  of  enlisted  men  at  date  of  deposit,  will  transmit  direct  to 
the  Paymaster-General  a  list  of  names  of  depositors,  showing  in  each  case  the  date, 
place,  and  amount  of  deposit,  and  name  of  paymaster  receiving  the  same.     Each 
report  will  be  restricted  to,  and  will  include  only  deposits  with,  a  single  paymaster 
on  a  given  date.     These  lists,  before  transmittal,  will  be  examined  and  compared 
with  the  record  of  deposits  on  the  company  or  detachment  book  and  the  deposit 
book   of  the  soldier,  and  attesting  officers  will  see  that  the  names  correspond 
exactly  with  the  names  as  borne  on  the  rolls.     Should  a  soldier  who  has  made  a 
deposit  be  transferred  or  desert,  the  fact  will  be  promptly  reported  direct  to  the 
Paymaster-General  by  the  officer  in  command  of  the  company  or  detachment  to 
which  he  belonged.     In  case  of  transfer,  his  descriptive  list  will  be  made  to  exhibit 
the  date  and  amount  of  each  deposit.     There  is  no  objection  to  deposits  being  made 
by  Indian  and  Philippine  scouts  and  Porto  Rico  provisional  troops. 

1389.  On  the  discharge  of  a  soldier,  the  date  and  amount,  in  words  and  figures, 
of  each  of  his  deposits  will  be  entered  upon  his  final  statements,  and  his  deposit  book 
will  be  taken  up  by  the  paymaster  who  pays  him  and  filed  with  the  voucher  of  pay- 
ment.    In  case  deposits  are  forfeited  by  desertion,  the  amounts  of  the  same  will  be 
entered  on  the  final   statements   under  the  head  "Remarks,"  and   the  facts  and 
authority  for  such  forfeiture  given. 

1 39O.  Before  delivering  final  statements  upon  which  deposits  are  credited,  the 
officer  signing  them  will  ascertain  whether  the  soldier  has  the  deposit  book;  and,  if 
so,  instruct  him  to  present  it  to  the  paymaster.     Should  he  claim  to  have  lost  it,  the 
officer  will  cause  his  affidavit  to  that  effect  to  be  taken  before  he  leaves  the  post  aud 
attached  to   the  statements.      The  affidavit  will  clearly  state  the  circumstances 
attending  loss  of  the  book  and  show  that  the  soldier  has  not  sold  or  assigned  it. 


204  DEPOSITS FORFEITURES DESERTERS. 

Upon  this  evidence  the  paymaster  may  pay,  and  the  responsibility  for  the  correct- 
ness of  amounts  credited  on  the  statements  will  rest  with  the  officer  certifying  them. 

1391.  Paymasters  will  not  pay  deposits  except  on  final  statements.     When  they 
are  not  paid,  the  soldier  should  forward  his  deposit  book  or  the  evidence  referred  to 
in  the  preceding  paragraph  to  the  Paymaster-General.      Enlisted  men  should  be 
informed  of  the  importance  of  preserving  deposit  books  as  the  only  certain  means  of 
insuring  prompt  repayment. 

1392.  A  soldier  must  draw  his  deposit  when  he  is  discharged.     He  can  then 
renew  it  after  reenlistment,  and  will  be  entitled  to  interest  from  date  of  such  renewal. 
Failure  to  present  the  final  statements  for  payment  leaves  the  money  without  interest 
until  drawn  and  again  deposited. 

1393.  For  any  sum  of  not  less  than  five  dollars  deposited  for  the  period  of  six 
months  or  longer  the  soldier,  when  discharged,  will  be  paid  interest  at  the  rate  of 
four  per  cent  per  annum  to  date  of  discharge. 

1394.  On  the  death  of  a  soldier,  each  deposit,  with  amount,  date,  place,  and 
paymaster  with  whom  deposited,  will  be  noted  in  the  inventory  of  his  effects  and 
on  the  accompanying  final  statements  with  which  his  deposit  book  will  be  filed. 

1395.  Both  deposits  and  interest  will  be  forfeited  by  desertion,  but  are  exempt 
from  forfeiture  by  sentence  of  court-martial  and  from  liability  for  the  soldier's  debts. 

1396.  If  an  enlisted  man  deposits  money  with  the  company  or  post  commander, 
the  same  to  be  applied  for  purchase  of  his  discharge,  the  officer  will  immediately 
upon  receipt  of  order  for  discharge  of  the  man  forward  the  money  to  a  paymaster 
for  deposit  and  send  to  the  Paymaster-General  the  usual  notification  of  deposit.     On 
return  of  the  deposit  book  by  the  paymaster,  the  final  statements  can  be  completed 
by  notation  of  the  deposit  thereon,  thus  showing  on  their  face  the  total  credit  of  the 
soldier,  which  must  in  every  case  be  sufficient  to  cover  all  indebtedness  to  the 
United  States. 

FORFEITURES    AND    DEDUCTIONS. 

1397.  The  paymaster  will  deduct  from  the  pay  of  all  soldiers  twelve  and  a  half 
cents  per  month  for  the  support  of  the  Soldiers'  Home,  the  same  to  be  deducted 
bimonthly  on  the  February,  April,  etc.,  rolls.     At  the  time  of  payment  he  will  also 
deduct  the  authorized  stoppages  entered  on  the  pay  rolls,  descriptive  lists,  or  final 
statements. 

1398.  Authorized  stoppages  will  be  entered  on  the  rolls  and  paid  in  the  following 
order: 

1.  Reimbursements  to  the  United  States  for  the  loss  or  damage  to  arms,  equip- 
ments, or  other  public  property,  the  nature  of  which  will  be  clearly  stated,  extra 
issues  of  clothing,  transportation,  subsistence,  expense  of  apprehending  deserters. 

2.  Reimbursements  to  individuals  (as  the  paymaster,  for  instance). 

3.  Forfeitures  for  desertion,  and  fines  by  sentence  of  court-martial. 

4.  Amounts  paid  post  exchange  and  laundrymen  at  recruit  depots. 

Articles  of  camp  and  garrison  equipage  must  be  charged  on  the  pay  rolls  as  such; 
and  other  articles  of  quartermaster's  stores  or  property  must  be  enumerated,  and  the 
price  stated  in  the  column  of  "  Remarks,"  in  order  that  the  proper  appropriation 
may  be  credited  with  the  amounts  collected. 

1399.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  in  arrest  and  confinement  by  the  civil  authorities 
will  receive  no  pay  for  the  time  of  such  absence;  if  released  without  trial,  or  after 
trial  and  acquittal,  their  right  to  pay  for  the  time  of  such  absence  is  restored. 

PAY   OF   DESERTERS. 

(See  Art.  XIX.) 

1400.  An  enlisted  man  charged  with  desertion  will  not  receive  pay  until  his 
offense  has  been  investigated  by  a  court-martial,  or  he  has  been  restored  to  duty 
without  trial,  or  the  charge  has  been  set  aside  as  having  been  erroneously  made. 


DESEKTEKS DISCHARGED    SOLDIEKS.  205 

1401.  Every  deserter  forfeits  all  pay  and  allowances  due  at  the  date  of  desertion. 
Stoppages  and  forfeitures  then  due  will  be  deducted  from  his  arrears  of  pay,  and,  if 
not  so  satisfied,  from  pay  due  after  apprehension.     The  company  commander  will 
note  upon  the  first  muster  roll  after  apprehension  all  data  necessary  to  a  complete 
settlement  of  the  soldier's  account  from  the  date  of  last  payment,  and  will  carry  the 
account  to  subsequent  rolls  until  the  settlement  is  made. 

1402.  No  settlement  of  the  pay  account  of  any  enlisted  man  will  be  made  on  the 
rolls  until  sufficient  pay  shall  have  accrued  to  satisfy  all  dues  to  the  United  States  and 
pay  a  balance  to  the  soldier.     The  required  data  will  include  date  of  last  payment, 
desertion,  and  apprehension,  credits  at  date  of  desertion  on  account  of  clothing, 
unsatisfied  forfeitures  under  prior  sentences,  and  dues  to  the  United  States  at  date  of 
desertion  on  account  of  clothing;  subsistence,  ordnance,  etc.    If,  while  absent  in  deser- 
tion, he  illegally  enlisted  in  another  organization,  the  date  of  last  payment  in  such 
enlistment  and  all  stoppage  due  the  United  States  at  date  of  surrender  or  apprehen- 
sion will  be  stated. 

PAYMENT   OF   DISCHARGED   SOLDIERS. 

(See  Art.  XXI.) 

1403.  Discharged  soldiers  will  be  paid  on  fina\  statements  prepared  in  duplicate 
and  furnished  to  them  by  their  company  or  detachment  commanders.     Payment 
will  be  made  only  on  presentation  of  both  copies.  •  Except  when  notified  as  pre- 
scribed in  paragraph  153,  paymasters  will  not  pay  discharged  soldiers,  unless  other- 
wise satisfied  of  the  genuineness  of  the  discharge  papers  and  the  identity  of  the 
claimants.  ' 

1404.  Upon  payment  of  the  final  statements  of  a  discharged  soldier,  the  pay- 
master will  write  on  the  discharge  "Paid  in  full,"  with  his  signature,  noting  amounts 
paid,  except  when  the  final  statements  have  been  transferred  and  are  not  accom- 
panied by  the  discharge.     The  day  of  enlistment  and  the  day  of  discharge  will  both 
be  included  in  reckoning  pay. 

1405.  Paymasters,  or  other  officers  to  whom  a  discharged  soldier  reports  the  loss 
or  nonreceipt  by  him  of  final  statements  to  which  he  is  entitled,  will  report  the  fact 
to  the  Paymaster-General,  with  any  evidence  the  soldier  furnishes  them  in  the  mat- 
ter.    The  Paymaster-General  will  transmit  the  evidence  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War 
Department. 

1406.  An  enlisted  man  when  discharged  from  the  service,  except  by  way  of 
punishment  for  an  offense,  shall  receive  four  cents  per  mile  from  the  place  of  his 
discharge  to  the  place  of  his  enlistment,  enrollment,  or  original  muster  into  the  serv- 
ice, except  that  for  all  sea  travel  on  discharge  transportation  and  subsistence  in  kind 
only  shall  be  furnished  to  him  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  1261  (the  distance  to  be 
computed  by  the  Official  Table  of  Distances  in  use  at  the  date  of  the  soldier's 
discharge). 

1407.  Paymasters  when  paying  final  statements  of  soldiers  discharged  under 
above  conditions  will  include  in  such  payments  travel  allowances  from  station  to 
port  of  embarkation  and  from  port  of  arrival  in  the  United  States  to  place  of  enlist- 
ment or  enrollment. 

14O§.  An  enlisted  man  discharged  for  minority  concealed  at  enlistment,  or  for 
other  cause  involving  fraud  on  his  part  in  the  enlistment,  is  not  entitled  to  pay  and 
allowances,  including  those  for  travel,  and  will  not  receive  final  statements  unless 
deposits  are  due  him,  in  which  case  final  statements,  containing  only  a  list  of  his 
deposits,  will  be  furnished. 

14O9.  A  soldier  retained  in  service  beyond  the  term  of  enlistment  on  account  of 
court-martial  (except  where  dishonorable  discharge  is  imposed)  will  be  furnished 
final  statements  bearing  actual  date  of  discharge  and  cause  of  detention.  A  soldier 
in  the  hands  of  civil  authorities  awaiting  trial  should,  at  expiration  of  term  of  serv- 


206  THE    MEDICAL    DEPARTMENT. 

ice,  be  furnished  his  discharge  and  final  statements  containing  all  necessary  data  for 
the  paymaster,  giving  date  and  cause  of  arrest  and  remark  "not  entitled  to  pay  or 
clothing  since  date  of  arrest  nor  to  travel  pay  unless  acquitted." 

1410.  Recruits  are  entitled  to  pay  and  allowances  when  discharged  on  certificates 
of  disability.     When  discharged  for  any  cause  involving  fraud  on  their  part  at  enlist- 
ment, paragraph  1408  will  govern. 

1411.  The  transfer  by  an  enlisted  man  of  a  claim  for  pay  due  on  his  final  state- 
ments will  be  recognized  only  when  made  after  discharge,  in  writing,  indorsed  on 
the  final  statements,  signed  by  the  soldier,  and  witnessed  by  a  commissioned  officer 
or  by  some  other  reputable  person  known  to  the  paymaster.     The  person  witnessing 
the  transfer  must  indorse  on  the  discharge  the  fact  of  transfer  of  the  final  statements, 
and  on  the  final  statements  the  fact  that  such  indorsement  has  been  made  on  the 
discharge. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

1412.  Officers  of  the  Pay  Department  will  not  give  receipts  except  in  the  follow- 
ing cases: 

1.  For  transfers  of  money. 

2.  For  money  of  deceased  soldiers,  deserters,  or  escaped  military  prisoners. 

3.  For  stoppages  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  for  which  the  Paymaster- 
General  may  direct  receipts  to  be  given. 

4.  For  refundments  made  by  officers  on  account  of  overpayments  made  by  pay- 
masters. 

Separate  receipts  should  be  given  in  each  individual  case. 

In  all  other  cases  the  party  turning  over  or  refunding  money  should  place  it  in 
some  authorized  public  depository  or  transfer  it  to  a  disbursing  officer  of  the  depart- 
ment to  which  the  money  belongs. 

ARTICLE  LXXVII. 
MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

NOTE.—  Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Medical  Department,  prepared  and  published  under 
the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  .War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the  Surgeon-General.  Only 
such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 


T 


GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 


.  The  Medical  Department  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  investigating  the 
sanitary  condition  of  the  Army  and  making  recommendations  in  reference  thereto. 
of  advising  with  reference  to  the  location  of  permanent  camps  and  posts,  the 
adoption  of  systems  of  water  supply  and  purification,  and  the  disposal  of  wastes, 
with  the  duty  of  caring  for  the  sick  and  w^ounded,  making  physical  examinations  of 
officers  and  enlisted  men,  the  management  and  control  of  military  hospitals,  the 
recruitment,  instruction,  and  control  of  the  Hospital  Corps  and  of  the  Army  Nurse 
Corps  (female),  and  furnishing  all  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  except  for  public 
animals.  "^) 

1414.  The  surgeon,  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding  officer,  will  supervise 
the  hygiene  of  the  post  or  command,  and  recommend  such  measures  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  to  prevent  or  diminish  disease.  He  will  examine,  at  least  once  a  month, 
and  note  in  the  medical  history  of  the  post,  the  sanitary  condition  of  all  public  build- 
ings, the  drainage,  the  sewerage,  amount  and  quality  of  the  water  supply,  the  clothing 
and  habits  of  the  men,  and  character  and  cooking  of  the  food,  and  immediately  after 
such  examination  will  report  thereon  in  writing  to  the  commanding  officer,  with 
such  recommendations  as  he  may  deem  proper.  The  commanding  officer  will  return 
the  report,  with  his  views  and  action  indorsed  thereon,  and  if  he  deem  the  action 
recommended  impracticable  or  undesirable,  will  state  fully  his  objections.  The 


APPOINTMENTS CONTRACT  SURGEONS,  DENTAL  SURGEONS.   207 

indorsement  will  be  recorded  in  the  medical  history  of  the  post,  and  the  report  and 
indorsement  will  be  forwarded  by  the  surgeon,  through  military  channels,  to  the 
Surgeon-General.  As  far  as  practicable,  intermediate  commanders  will  correct  sani- 
tary defects,  noting  their  action  by  indorsement. 

APPOINTMENTS. 

1415.  No  person  will  be  appointed  an  assistant  surgeon  in  the  permanent  estab- 
lishment unless  he  has  been  examined  and  approved  by  a  board  consisting  of  not  less 
than  three  medical  officers  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  War;  and  no  person  will 
be  appointed  a  surgeon  unless  he  has  served  five  years  as  an  assistant  surgeon  in  the 
Army,  and  has  been  examined  and  approved  by  a  board  consisting  of  not  less  than 
three  medical  officers  of  the  Army,  designated  as  aforesaid. 

1416.  No  allowance  will  be  made  for  the  expenses  of  persons  undergoing  exami- 
nation, but  those  who  receive  appointments  will  be  entitled  to  travel  allowances  in 
obeying  the  first  order  assigning  them  to  duty. 

CONTRACT  SURGEONS,  DENTAL  SURGEONS. 

1417.  Civilian  physicians  and  dentists  may  be  employed  as  contract  surgeons  and 
contract  dental  surgeons  under  contracts  entered  into  by  or  wfth  the  authority  of  the 
Surgeon-General  of  the  Army.     They  are  entitled  to  the  transportation  and  fuel 
allowances  of  first  lieutenants,  and  when  on  duty  at  a  post  or  station  where  quarters 
in  kind  are  provided  by  the  United  States  they  will  be  entitled  to  the  quarters 
allowed  by  regulation  to  an  assistant  surgeon  of  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant;  they  are 
not  entitled  to  commutation  of  quarters,  nor  to  the  10  per  cent  increase  of  pay  for 
foreign  service  as  provided  by  law  for  officers. 

141  §.  Contract  surgeons  and  dental  surgeons  are  entitled  to  the  same  protection 
in  their  positions  and  the  same  respect  arid  obedience  from  enlisted  men  as  commis- 
sioned officers. 

1419.  Whenever  the  contract  of  a  physician  or  dentist  is  annulled,  the  fact  and 
date  of  annulment  will  be  noted  in  writing  on  his  contract,  and  when  ordered  to  his 
home  for  annulment  of  contract,  such  fact  will  also  be  noted  thereon  by  the  officer 
under  whose  orders  he  may  at  the  time  be  serving. 

10 2O.  Contract  surgeons,  on  availing  themselves  of  leaves  of  absence,  must  sub- 
mit their  contracts  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  post  or  station  where  serving, 
who  will  indorse  thereon  the  date  of  commencement  and  duration  of  leave.     The 
actual  date  of  their  rejoining  from  leave  should  also  be  noted  on  contract  on  return  to 
post  or  station. 

1421.  The  services  rendered  by  a  contrrw  t  surgeon  are  not  restricted  to  those  of  a 
purely  professional  character;  on  the  contrary,  his  eligibility  for  duty  is  the  same  as 
that  of  an  assistant  surgeon,  except  in  so  far  as  it  is  limited  by  the  fact  that  he  is  not 
a  commissioned  officer.     A  contract  surgeon,  though  not  eligible  for  detail  on  courts- 
martial,  may  prefer  charges  against  enlisted  men  and  may  be  detailed  on  councils  of 
administration,  and  as  post  treasurer,  etc.;  he  may  also  witness  payments  to  enlisted 
men  under  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  1343  to  1365. 

DENTAL   SURGEONS. 

1422.  Contracts  with  dental  surgeons  will  be  made  for  three  years,  but  may  be 
annulled  at  any  time  by  the  commanding  general  of  a  territorial  division  or  depart- 
ment, after  official  investigation,  for  conduct  to  the  prejudice  of  good  order  and  mili- 
tary discipline,  or  by  the  Surgeon-General  when  in  his  opinion  a  termination  of  the 
contract  would  be  in  the  interests  of  the  service. 

1423.  Dental  surgeons  are  attached  to  the  Medical  Department,  and  will  be 
assigned  to  duty  in  accordance  with  the  recommendations  of  the  Surgeon-General  of 
the  Army  or  the  chief  surgeon  of  a  military  department. 


208  DENTAL    SURGEONS THE    HOSPITAL    CORPS. 

1424.  A  dental  surgeon  when  assigned  to  a  station  will  apply  to  the  post  com- 
mander for  a  suitable  operating  room.     If  no  other  room  is  available,  the  surgeon 
of  the  post  may  assign  him  a  room  in  the  hospital. 

Each  dental  surgeon  will  ordinarily  be  allowed  one  enlisted  man  as  an  assistant, 
who  will  be  detailed  from  the  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps,  and  whose  duty  it  will 
be  to  assist  the  dentist  in  his  operations,  in  caring  for  the  instruments  and  other 
public  property,  in  keepiag  the  records,  and  in  the  performance  of  such  other  official 
work  pertaining  to  this  position  as  he  may  be  directed  by  the  proper  authority  to  do. 
A  member  of  the  Hospital  Corps  detailed  as  dentist's  assistant  and  stationed  in  a  city 
or  town  will  be  provided  wTith  a  suitable  room  as  quarters  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department,  but  when  stationed  at  a  post,  in  camp,  or  in  the  field,  he  will  be 
attached  to  the  Hospital  Corps  detachment. 

1425.  In  accordance  with  the  act  of  Congress  authorizing  their  employment, 
dental  surgeons  will  "serve  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  and  Volun- 
teer Army."     The  families  of  officers  and  civilian  employees  attached  to  the  Army 
are  not  entitled  to  their  services.     In  this  connection  contract  and  dental  surgeons 
are  to  be  regarded  as  officers. 

1426.  Dental  surgeons  will  operate  between  the  hours  of  9  a.  m.  and  4  p.  m.  upon 
those  officers  and  enlisted  men  who  are  entitled  to  their  services.     They  may  oper- 
ate upon  others,  not  entitled  to  free  service,  before  and  after  these  hours,  when  their 
services  are  not  required  by  those  entitled  to  them,  but  material  issued  to  them  by 
the  Government  will  only  be  used  in  operations  upon  officers  and  enlisted  men  of 
the  Army. 

1427.  Dental  surgeons  will  not  perform  any  operation  upon  officers  or  enlisted 
men  of  the  Army  or  prescribe  medicines  for  them,  other  than  those  necessary  for  the 
treatment  of  the  teeth  and  gums.     This  prohibition  does  not  apply  to  cases  of  emer- 
gency, where  no  medical  officer  is  within  reach,  and  where  a  dental  surgeon  is  able 
to  render  necessary  surgical  assistance  to  meet  the  immediate  emergency. 

142§.  Emergency  work,  whether  for  officers  or  enlisted  men,  should  always  have 
precedence.  Plate  work,  or  restoration  of  teeth  by  any  method,  will  only  be  done  for 
those  who  have  lost  teeth  while  in  the  service  and  in  the  line  of  duty.  For  plate 
work  or  filling  teeth  only  the  cheaper  materials  will  be  supplied,  but  gold  may  be  used 
if  the  operating  dentist  sees  fit  to  use  it,  at  the  expense  of  the  individual  operated  upon. 

1429.  Enlisted  men  requiring  the  services  of  the  dental  surgeon  will,  at  an  hour 
prescribed  by  the  commanding  officer,  be  conducted  to  the  designated  place  under  a 
noncommissioned  officer,  who  will  take  with  him  and  hand  to  the  dentist  a  list  of 
those  reporting  for  treatment.     This  list  will  be  entered  in  a  daybook  ruled  in  col- 
umns for  surname,  given  name,  rank,  company,  regiment,  etc.,  the  headings  to  be 
the  same  as  those  borne  on  his  monthly  report. 

1430.  All  cases  requiring  treatment  involving  future  appointment  will  be  so  noted, 
and  the  others  will  be  marked  according  to  the  circumstances,  as  ' '  Treatment  unneces- 
sary," " Further  treatment  unnecessary,"  "Should  be  sent  to  surgeon,"  etc.     When 
future  treatment  is  necessary,  the  dentist  will  forward  a  card,  as  follows: 

— ,  19-. 

The  ADJUTANT, 

SIR:  I  have  the  honor  to  ask  that be  directed  to  report  to  me  from m.  to m. 

on inst.,  for  treatment. 

Very  respectfully,  ,  Dental  Surgeon. 

THE   HOSPITAL   CORPS. 

1431.  The  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps  will  be  enlisted  for  and  permanently 
attached  to  the  Medical  Department.     In  time  of  war  the  corps  will  perform  the 
necessary  ambulance  service  under  such  officers  of  the  Medical  Department  anc 
assistants  as  may  be  detailed  for  that  duty. 


THE    HOSPITAL    COEPS.  209 

1432.  Sergeants,  first  class,  will  be  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  on  the 
recommendation  of  the  Surgeon-General,  provided  they  have  served  a  year  as  ser- 
geant, or  as  a  hospital  steward  of  volunteers  or  acted  in  that  capacity  during  and 
since  the  Spanish-American  war  for  more  than  six  months.     Sergeants  will  be 
appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Surgeon-General; 
corporals,  lance  corporals,  and  privates,  first  class,  will  be  appointed  by  the  Surgeon- 
General  or  the  chief  surgeon  of  a  division  or  department.     Before  appointment 
sergeants,  first  class,  must  pass  a  satisfactory  examination  under  the  direction  of  the 
Surgeon-General;  and  sergeants  a  satisfactory  examination  under  the  direction  of  the 
Surgeon-General  or  the  chief  surgeon  of  a  division  or  department.     These  examina- 
tions will  be  conducted  by  a  board  composed  of  three  commissioned  medical  officers 
of  the  station  at  which  the  applicant  may  be  serving,  or  of  such  a  number  of  medical 
officers  less  than  three  as  may  be  present,  and  if  no  medical  officer  is  there  on  duty 
the  candidate  will  be  sent  for  examination  to  the  nearest  station  provided  with  such 
an  officer.     The  report  of  the  board  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Surgeon-General 
or  the  chief  surgeon.     Sergeants,  first  class,  and  sergeants  are  furnished  with  warrants 
signed  by  the  Surgeon-General;  corporals  with  warrants  signed  by  the  Surgeon-Gen- 
eral or  by  a  division  or  department  chief  surgeon.     Promotions  to  the  grade  of 
corporal,  lance  corporal,  and  private,  first  class,  may  be  recommended  to  the  Surgeon- 
General  or  the  chief  surgeon  by  the  medical  officer  commanding  the  detachment. 
The  allowance  of  enlisted  men  of  the  Hospital  Corps  of  each  grade  as  fixed  by  regula- 
tions and  orders  will  not  be  exceeded  except  by  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of 
War.     The  proportion  of  privates,  first  class,  to  privates  will  not  exceed  two  to  one. 

1433.  A  sergeant  first  class  may  be  reenlisted  at  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  serv- 
ice on  the  authority  of  the  Surgeon-General,  provided  he  has  passed  successfully  the 
prescribed  examination.     If  he  desire  to  reenlist  he  will  report  the  fact,  in  writing, 
through  military  channels,  to  the  Surgeon-General  sixty  days  before  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  service. 

1434.  A  sergeant  first  class  stationed  at  a  place  where  no  post  return  is  made  will 
make  such  personal  reports  as  the  Surgeon-General  may  direct. 

1435.  Sergeants,  first  class,  though  liable  to  discharge,  will  not  be  reduced.     Ser- 
geants, corporals,  lance  corporals,  and  privates,  first  class,  may  be  reduced  by  sentence 
of  a  court-martial,  by  the  Surgeon-General,  or  by  the  chief  surgeon  of  a  division  or 
department. 

1436.  To  test  the  capacity  of  privates  of  the  Hospital  Corps  for  the  duties  of  non- 
commissioned officers,  the  Surgeon-General  and  chief  surgeons  may  appoint  lance 
corporals,  who  will  be  obeyed  and  respected  as  corporals;  but  no  detachment  shall 
have  more  lance  corporals  at  a  time  than  enough  to  make  the  proportion  of  all  non- 
commissioned officers  present  for  duty  one  to  four  privates  of  the  Hospital  Corps. 
Lance  corporals  are  on  the  same  footing  regarding  reduction  as  corporals. 

1437.  The  commander  of  an  army  corps,  or  of  a  division  or  brigade  acting  inde- 
pendently, is  charged  with  the  full  control  of  the  transfer  from  the  line,  the  enlist- 
ment, reenlistment,  and  discharge  of  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps  of  his  command. 

143*.  Enlistments  for  the  Hospital  Corps  will  be  made  in  the  grade  of  private. 
Sergeants  first  class,  sergeants,  corporals,  lance  corporals,  and  privates  first  class 
may  be  reenlisted  in  their  respective  grades  and  their  warrants  and  appointments 
continued  in  force,  provided  their  reenlistment  takes  place  on  the  day  following  dis- 
charge. Each  reenlistment  and  continuance  may  be  noted  on  the  warrant  or 
appointment  by  the  surgeon.  Enlistments  and  reenlistments  will  as  a  rule  be  made 
by  medical  officers.  Recruiting  officers  stationed  where  there  is  no  medical  exam- 
iner may  make  such  enlistments  or  reenlistments  upon  the  authority  of  the  Surgeon- 
General.  In  such  cases  the  recruiting  officer  in  making  the  physical  examination 
will  be  guided  by  instructions  from  the  Surgeon-General.  Applicants  may  be 
accepted  who  are  subject  to  refractive  errors  of  vision,  provided  these  errors  are  not 
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210  THE    HOSPITAL    CORPS ARMY    NURSE    CORPS. 

excessive  (|£),  may  be  entirely  corrected  by  glasses,  and  are  not  progressive  or 
accompanied  by  ocular  disease.  Accepted  recruits  will  be  forwarded  to  a  station  to 
be  designated  by  the  Surgeon-General. 

1439.  The  enlistment  paper  for  each  recruit  of  the  Hospital  Corps  will  be  for- 
warded with  the  form  for  physical  examination  direct  to  the  Surgeon-General,  who 
will  render  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  a  monthly  recruiting  return 
accompanied  by  the  enlistment  papers  pertaining  to  it. 

1440.  Enlisted  men  of  the  line,  gunners  Artillery  Corps  and  musicians  excepted, 
may  be  transferred  to  the  Hospital  Corps  as  privates  by  the  commander  of  a  division, 
separate  brigade,  or  department,  on  the  application  of  the  surgeon  of  the  post  or 
command,  forwarded  through  military  channels.      The  application  will  state  the 
age,  character,  physical  condition;  and  habits  of  the  soldier,  date  of  expiration  of 
current  enlistment,  and  whether  made  for  an  existing  or  prospective  vacancy.     If 
the  soldier  be  over  40  years  of  age  his  special  qualifications  for  transfer  will  be  stated. 

1441.  Married  men  will  not  be  enlisted  as  privates  in  or  transferred  to  the 
corps,  and  no  sergeant  who  is  married  shall  be  reenlisted  without  special  authority. 

1442.  Members  of  the  corps  will  not  be  required  to  perform  any  military  duties 
other  than  those  pertaining  to  their  corps.     They  will  be  instructed  in  such  drills, 
both  foot  and  mounted,  as  are  necessary  for  their  efficiency.     They  will  not  be 
required  to  attend  ceremonies,  except  when  directed  by  the  commanding  officer,  and 
will  ordinarily  be  inspected  and  mustered  at  the  hospital.     The  forms  of  inspection 
will  be  in  accordance  with  the  prescribed  drill  regulations  for  the  Hospital  Corps. 

1443.  To  meet  the  requirements  of  epidemics  or  other  emergencies  and  to  fill 
vacancies,  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps  may  be  transferred  by  the  department 
commander,  the  quota  of  each  post,  as  prescribed  by  paragraphs  1445  and  1446,  not 
being  permanently  exceeded.     Such  transfers  will  be  reported  to  the  Surgeon-General. 

1444.  Accounts  of  pay  and  clothing  of  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps  will  be 
kept  by  the  surgeon  under  whose  immediate  direction  they  are  serving.     All  mem- 
bers casually  at  a  post  are  under  the  immediate  orders  of  the  surgeon  except  prison- 
ers, who  will,  however,  be  borne  on  the  muster  rolls,  morning  report,  and  returns  of 
the  Hospital  Corps  detachment.     If  discharged,  their  final  statements  will  lie  pre- 
pared by  the  surgeon. 

1445.  At  every  permanent  military  post  there  will  be  at  least  one  noncommis- 
sioned officer  of  the  Hospital  Corps,  and  an  additional  noncommissioned  officer  -for 
every  additional  four  privates  of  the  Hospital  Corps. 

1446.  At  every  permanent  military  post  there  will  be  at  least  four  privates  of  the 
Hospital  Corps,  six  privates  when  the  strength  of  the  garrison  is  200,  and  two  privates 
additional  for  every  additional  100  of  strength.     They  will  be  assigned  to  the  respec- 
tive duties  connected  with  the  hospital  service  by  the  surgeon  of  the  post. 

1447.  The  number  of  noncommissioned  officers  and  privates  of  the  Hospital 
Corps  to  be  stationed  at  general  hospitals,  arsenals,  engineer  stations,  and  inde- 
pendent posts  will  be  determined  by  the  Surgeon -General  under  the  direction  of 
the  Secretary  of  War. 

I  I  IN.  Special  instruction  in  the  methods  of  rendering  first  aid  to  the  sick  and 
wounded  will  be  given  to  all  enlisted  men  of  the  line  of  the  Army  by  their  company 
officers  for  at  least  four  hours. 

1449.  All  men  of  the  Hospital  Corps  will  be  instructed  under  the  supervision 
of  the  surgeon  of  the  post  in  the  duties  of  litter  bearers  and  the  methods  of  rendering 
first  aid  to  the  sick  and  wounded,  and  in  the  various  subjects  pertaining  to  the  sani- 
tary soldier. 

ARMY    NURSE   CORPS. 

1450.  Army  nurses  will  be  appointed  and  discharged  by  the  Surgeon-General 
with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War.     They  will  be  assigned  to  duty  at  hos- 
pitals under  the  direction  of  the  Surgeon-General. 


NURSE    COKPS GARRISON    SERVICE FIELD    SERVICE.        211 

1451.  The  Superintendent  of  the  Army  Xurse  Corps,  under  the  direction  of  the 
Surgeon-General,  will  have  general  supervision  of  the  corps,  and  her  duties  arid  the 
duties  of  chief  nurses  and  nurses  shall  be  as  prescribed  by  the  Surgeon-General. 

1452.  The  services  of  army  nurses  will  be  afforded  sick  and  wounded  officers, 
enlisted  men,   and  other  patients    in  military  hospitals.     When   traveling  under 
orders  on  transports  they  will  assist  in  the  care  of  sick  officers  and  enlisted  men, 
under  the  direction  of  the  transport  surgeon. 

1453.  Members  of  officers'  and  enlisted  men's  families  are  not  entitled  to  the 
services  of  army  nurses,  but  in  great  emergencies  and  for  the  manifest  interest  of  the 
service,  nurses  will  care  for  such  patients  when  so  directed  by  the  officer  in  charge  of 
the  hospital,  a  report  of  the  fact  being  made  in  each  instance  to  the  Surgeon-General 
through  military  channels. 

1454.  At  places  where  the  services  of  trained  nurses  are  not  otherwise  obtain- 
able, a  nurse  may,  if  she  so  desires,  and  with  the  approval  of  the  officer  in  charge 
of  the  hospital,  be  granted  a  special  leave,  without  pay  and  allowances,  in  order  to 
take  a  private  case,  such  leaves  not  to  exceed  sixty  days. 

1455.  The  pay,  allowances,  and  privileges  of  nurses  are  specified  by  law,  and 
they  are  forbidden  to  receive  presents  from  patients,  or  from  the  relatives  or  friends 
of  patients,  for  services  rendered  when  on  duty. 

GARRISON    SERVICE. 

Ambulances  and  Litters. 

1456.  Ambulances  are  vehicles  provided  for  the  service  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment.    They  will  be  used  only  for  transportation  of  the  sick  and  wounded,  the  rec- 
reation of  convalescent  patients,  or  to  give  instruction  in  the  duties  of  the  ambulance 
service.     They  will  be  furnished  and  repaired  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department, 
will  always  be  subject  to  the  call  of  the  surgeon,  and,  when  practicable,  will  be 
housed  near  the  hospital. 

1457.  One  regulation  ambulance,  with  proper  harness,  will  be  issued  to  each  post. 
To  posts  of  more  than  400  men,  the  number  to  be  issued  will  be  one  additional  ambu- 
lance for  each  additional  400  men  or  major  fraction  thereof. 

1458.  At  each  post  one  or  more  of  the  privates  of  the  corps  will  be  designated  by 
the  surgeon  as  ambulance  driver.     In  addition  to  his  other  duties,  he  will  care  for 
the  ambulance,  its  equipment  and  harness,  and  see  that  they  are  always  in  readiness 
for  immediate  use.     In  the  field  he  will  care  for  the  animals.     When  it  is  necessary 
to  use  the  ambulance  for  any  transportation  purposes,  the  commanding  officer,  on  the 
application  of  the  surgeon,  will  see  that  the  requisite  animals  are  provided  by  the 
quartermaster  and  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  surgeon. 

1459.  Each  company  will  be  furnished  with  one  hand  litter,  which  will  be  kept 
ready  for  use  at  all  times.     It  will  be  supplied  and  repaired  by  the  Quartermaster's 
Department. 

1460.  Travois,  mule  litters,  etc.,  may  be  issued  upon  the  recommendation  of  the 
chief  surgeon.. 

1461.  Commanding  officers  will  inspect  ambulances,  litters,  and  other  appliances 
for  transporting  the  wounded  at  each  monthly  inspection  and  see  that  they  are  com- 
pletely equipped.     When  practicable,  the  ambulance  fully  equipped  for  service  will 
be  presented  for  inspection,  with  the  animals  attached. 

FIELD    SERVICE. 

1462.  In  field  service,  troops  will  be  accompanied  (by  such  number  of  men  of  the 
Hospital  Corps  as  may  be  determined  by  the  military  commanders  on  the  recom- 
mendation of  the  senior  medical  officer,  except  where  the  number  is  fixed  by  the 
Field  Service  Regulations. 


212  FIELD    SERVICE GENERAL    HOSPITALS. 

1463.  On  the  march  each  medical  officer  will  habitually  be  attended  by  a 
mounted  private  of  the  Hospital  Corps.     When  practicable,  horses  will  be  furnished 
by  the  Quartermaster's  Department  and  horse  equipments  by  the  Ordnance  Depart- 
ment for  those  members  of  the  corps  on  duty  in  the  field  who  are  authorized  to  be 
mounted.     When  no  horses  are  available,  special  application  for  authority  to  hire 
must  be  made. 

1464.  Ambulances  will  be  used  for  the  transportation  of  the  sick  and  injured, 
the  instruction  of  the  Hospital  Corps,  and,  in  urgent  cases,  for  the  transportation  of 
medical  supplies,  and  all  persons  are  prohibited  from  using  them,  or  requiring  or 
permitting  them  to  be  used,  for  any  other  purpose.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  officers 
of  the  ambulance  service  to  report  to  the  commander  of  the  troops  any  violation  of 
the  provisions  of  this  paragraph. 

1465.  No  person,  except  the  proper  medical  officers  or  the  officers,  noncommis- 
sioned officers,  and  privates  of  the  ambulance  service,  or  such  persons  as  may  be 
specially  assigned  by  competent  military  authority  to  duty  therewith,  will  be  per- 
mitted to  take  or  accompany  sick  or  injured  men  to  the  rear,  either  on  the  march  or 
elsewhere. 

1466.  When  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps  are  detailed  for  service  in  the  field 
during  Indian  wars,  or  when  left  with  the  sick  or  wounded  under  circumstances 
which  justify  the  expectation  that  their  rights  under  the  Geneva  Convention  will 
not  be  recognized,  commanding  officers  will  issue  to  members  of  the  Hospital  Corps 
revolvers  or  other  available  firearms. 

GENERAL   HOSPITALS. 

1467.  General  hospitals  will  be  under  the  exclusive  control  of  the   Surgeon- 
General  and  will  be  governed  by  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  pre- 
scribe.    The  senior  surgeon  will  command  the  same  and  will  not  be  subject  to  the 
orders  of  local  commanders  other  than  those  of  territorial  divisions  and  departments 
to  whom  specific  delegation  of  authority  may  have  been  made. 

146$.  Hospital  transports,  boats,  and  railway  trains,  after  being  properly  assigned 
as  such,  will  be  exclusively  under  the  control  of  the  Medical  Department,  and  will 
not  be  diverted  from  their  special  purposes  by  orders  of  local  or  department  com- 
manders or  officers  of  other  staff  corps. 

1469.  The  Army  and  Navy  General  Hospital,  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  is  under  the 
direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  is  devoted  to  the  treatment  of  the  officers  and 
enlisted  men  of  the  military  and  naval  service  of  the  United  States,  the  officers  of 
the  Revenue-Cutter  Service  and  of  the  Marine-Hospital  Service,  and  honorably  dis- 
charged soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  Regular  and  Volunteer  Army  and  Navy  of  the 
United  States,  for  such  diseases  as  the  waters  of  the  Hot  Springs  of  Arkansas  have  an 
established  reputation  in  benefiting,  except  that  cases  of  venereal  disease  will  not 
be  admitted. 

14  TO.  Admission  to  this  hospital  is  restricted  to  those  of  the  above-named  classes 
who  require  medical  treatment,  in  the  following  order  of  preference:  (1)  Officers 
and  enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  the  Navy,  and  the  Marine  Corps  on  the  active  lists, 
and  cadets  at  the  Military  and  Naval  academies;  (2)  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the 
Army,  the  Navy,  and  the  Marine  Corps  on  the  retired  lists;  (3)  officers  of  the 
Revenue-Cutter  Service  and  of  the  Marine-Hospital  Service;  (4)  honorably  discharged 
soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  Regular  and  Volunteer  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United 
States  may  also  be  admitted  by  authority  of  the  Surgeon-General  when  there  are 
vacant  beds  in  the  hospital. 

1471.  Enlisted  men  on  the  active  list,  while  under  treatment  or  on  duty  in  the 
hospital,  shall  have  the  usual  allowance  of  rations  commuted  at  the  rate  of  not  to 
exceed  40  cents  a  day  for  enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  and  30  cents  a  day  for  enlisted 


GENERAL    HOSPITALS SERVICE    OF    HOSPITALS.  213 

men  of  the  Navy,  to  be  paid  to  the  senior  medical  officer  by  the  proper  officers  of 
the  War  and  Navy  Departments  upon  the  receipt  of  monthly  statements  of  amounts 
due,  certified  by  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  Army. 

1472.  Enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  the  Navy,  and  the  Marine  Corps  on  the  retired 
list  and  honorably  discharged  soldiers  and  sailors  of  the  Regular  and  Volunteer 
Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States  will  pay  for  subsistence  at  the  rate  of  40  cents 
per  day. 

1473.  The  general  hospital  at  Fort  Bayard,  N.  Mex.,  is  under  the  direction  of 
the  Secretary  of  War  and  is  set  apart  as  a  sanitarium  for  the  treatment  of  officers 
and  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  suffering  from  pulmonary  tuberculosis. 

1474.  Authority  for  the  admission  to  the  Army  and  Navy  General  Hospital  at 
Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  and  the  General  Hospital  at  Fort  Bayard,  N.  Mex.,  of  an  officer 
of  the  Army  on  the  active  list  will  be  granted  upon  his  personal  application  through 
military  channels  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  for  a  sick  leave  of  absence, 
based  upon  a  medical  officer's  certificate  stating  the  disability  for  which  treatment 
at  the  hospital  is  recommended  and  the  opinion  of  the  medical  officer  that  such 
treatment  will  conduce  to  the  more  rapid  recovery  of  the  patient. 

In  exceptional  cases,  upon  his  application  approved  by  the  post  and  department 
commanders,  wherein  for  special  reasons  it  may  be  for  the  public  interest,  and  in 
any  case  at  the  discretion  of  the  War  Department,  an  officer  may  be  ordered  to  the 
hospital  on  sick  report  for  treatment. 

Retired  officers  of  the  Army  may  make  direct  application  accompanied  by  a  med- 
ical certificate  to  The  Military  Secretary  of  the  Army  for  permission  to  enter  the 
hospital. 

In  the  case  of  an  enlisted  man,  the  commanding  officer  of  a  military  post  or  station, 
after  having  ascertained  by  telegraph  from  the  commanding  officer  of  the  hospital 
whether  or  not  beds  are  available,  is  authorized,  upon  the  receipt  of  a  certificate 
from  the  senior  medical  officer  of  the  post  or  station  setting  forth  that  the  soldier  is 
a  proper  subject  for  special  treatment  at  Fort  Bayard,  N.  Mex.,  or  at  Hot  Springs, 
Ark.,  to  order  him  there  without  further  reference  to  the  department  commander 
or  the  War  Department.  The  surgeon  making  the  certificate  will  be  held  strictly 
responsible  for  the  proper  selection  of  each  case. 

SERVICE   OF   HOSPITALS. 

1475.  The  senior  surgeon  is  charged  with  the  management  and  is  responsible  for 
the  condition  of  the  hospital,,  which  will  be  at  all  times  subject  to  inspection  by  the 
commanding  officer.     The  senior  surgeon  of  the  post  will  inspect  the  hospital  every 
morning,  and  on  Saturday  will  also  inspect  the  detachment  of  the  Hospital  Corps. 

1476.  The  surgeon  of  the  post  will  assign  his  assistants  and  the  members  of  the 
Hospital  Corps  to  duty,  and  report  them  on  the  muster  rolls  in  the  capacity  in  which 
they  are  serving.     With  the  approval  of  the  commanding  officer  he  will  also  appoint 
the  matrons. 

1477.  Hospital  matrons  will  be  allowed  at  hospitals  at  posts  and  arsenals,  in 
numbers  to  be  fixed  by  the  Surgeon-General. 

147§.  Patients  will,  if  possible,  leave  their  arms  and  accouterments  with  their 
c  :>mpanies. 

1479.  When  a  soldier  in  hospital  is  detached  from  his  company,  his  company 
commander  will  send  to  the  hospital  his  descriptive  list.  The  surgeon  in  charge 
will  enter  thereon  all  payments,  stoppages,  and  the  money  value  of  all  clothing 
issued,  and  when  the  soldier  is  returned  to  duty,  transferred,  discharged,  dies,  or 
deserts,  a  new  descriptive  list  containing  a  complete  statement  of  his  accounts  will 
be  sent  to  his  company  or  other  commander,  and  the  original  will  be  retained  by  the 
officer  in  command  of  the  hospital  for  his  own  protection.  If  the  soldier  is  dis- 
charged from  the  service  while  in  hospital,  the  surgeon  will  furnish  him  with  final 


214  SERVICE    OF    HOSPITALS HOSPITAL    BUILDINGS. 

statements.  If  the  soldier  die  in  hospital,  the  surgeon  will  take  charge  of  his  effects 
and  make  the  reports  required  in  paragraph  160. 

148O.  Sick  or  wounded  soldiers,  discharged  while  in  hospital,  will  be  entitled  to 
medical  treatment  in  hospital,  and  to  the  usual  ration  during  disability,  or  for  the 
period  considered  proper  for  them  to  remain  under  treatment,  but  a  discharged  sol- 
dier who  has  left  the  hospital  will  not  be  readmitted  except  upon  the  written  order 
of  the  commanding  officer. 

14§1.  Recently  discharged  soldiers,  needing  hospital  treatment,  wrho  arrive  in 
New  York  City,  San  Francisco,  or  other  port  on  Government  transports,  may  be  sent 
to  one  of  the  military  hospitals  in  the  vicinity,  and  rations  in  kind  drawn  for  them 
while  undergoing  treatment. 

14  82.  Tents,  clothing,  hospital  furniture,  and  other  stores  used  in  the  treatment 
of  contagious  diseases,  will  be  disinfected  or  burned  upon  the  recommendation  and 
under  the  supervision  of  a  medical  officer. 

1483.  The  Secretary  of  War  may,  on  the  recommendation  of  the  Surgeon-Gen- 
eral, order  gratuitous  issues  of  clothing  to  soldiers  who  have  had  contagious  diseases, 
and  to  hospital  attendants  who  have  nursed  them,  to  replace  articles  destroyed  by 
order  of  the  proper  medical  officer  to  prevent  contagion. 

1484.  Medical  officers  in  charge  of  hospital  property  will  not  permit  it  to  be  used 
for  other  than  hospital  purposes. 

1485.  Civilian  employees  at  military  posts,  including  the  employees  of  post 
exchanges,  may  be  furnished  the  medical  supplies  prescribed  for  them  by  a  medical 
officer  under  such  regulations  as  the  Surgeon-General  may  establish  in  accordance 
with  law. 

1486.  A  civilian  employee  on  duty  at  a  station  where  other  than  army  medical 
attendance  can  not  be  procured  is  entitled,  when  necessary,  to  admission  to  hospital. 

1487.  Civilians  not  in  public  service  will  be  admitted  to  hospital  only  in  cases  of 
extreme  necessity,  and  by  permission  of  the  commanding  officer  on  written  applica- 
tion of  the  surgeon.     Rations  will  not  be  issued  to  them  by  the  commissary,  but 
their  food  will  be  purchased  from  the  hospital  fund,  and  the  surgeon  may  remit  all 
charges  in  cases  of  destitution. 

1488.  Hospital  charges  will  be  as  follows:  For  retired  enlisted  men  and  civilian 
employees  of  the  Army,  and  for  enlisted  men  of  the  Navy  and  Marine  Corps,  40 
cents  per  day;  for  officers  of  the  Army,  Navy,  and  Marine  Corps,  warrant  officers  of 
the  Navy,  civilian  seamen  and  river  boatmen  (admitted  only  on  permit  issued  by  a 
medical  officer  of  the  Marine-Hospital  Service  or  a  customs  officer),  and  civilians 
admitted  as  provided  in  the  preceding  paragraph,  $1  per  day.     The  money  received 
will  be  accounted  for  with  the  hospital  fund. 

1489.  The  surgeon  of  the  post  will  keep,  account  for,  and  expend  the  hospital 
fund,  according  to  the  instructions  of  the  Surgeon-General,  exclusively  for  the  benefit 
of  the  sick  in  hospital  and  the  enlisted  men  of  the  Hospital  Corps  serving  therein. 

1490.  Medical  and  official   publications  furnished  from  the  Surgeon-General's 
Office  to  surgeons  in  charge  of  hospitals  will  be  properly  filed  and  preserved  in  the 
hospital  library.     The  expense  of  binding  these  publications  and  those  issued  to 
chief  surgeons  will  be  defrayed  by  the  Medical  Department,  and  they  will  be  trans- 
ported to  and  from  the  medical  supply  depots  by  the  Quartermaster's  Department. 

HOSPITAL  BUILDINGS. 

1491.  A  building  will  not  be  erected  for  or  occupied  as  a  hospital  until  the  opin- 
ion of  a  medical  officer  has  been  obtained  in  writing  upon  the  suitableness  of  site 
and  proposed  arrangement.     If  the  commanding  officer  dissent  from  this  opinion  he 
will  return  it  to  the  surgeon  of  the  post  with  his  reasons  indorsed  thereon,  who  will 
forward  it,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  Army. 


SICK    CALL MEDICAL    ATTENDANCE.  215 

.  Hospitals  will  be  erected  at  permanent  posts  in  accordance  with  plans  and 
specifications  furnished  by  the  Surgeon-General,  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1493.  When  alterations  of  or  additions  to  hospitals  are  necessary,  the  surgeon  of 
the  post,  after  obtaining  from  the  quartermaster  an  estimate  of  cost,  will  transmit 
plans  and  specifications,  with  proposed  modifications,  through  military  channels,  to 
the  Secretary  of  War.    Similar  action  will  be  taken  upon  quarters  for  sergeants  first- 
class. 

1494.  When  hospitals  or  quarters  of  sergeants  first  class  are  erected  or  repaired, 
the  officer  conducting  the  work  will  consult  the  surgeon  of  the  post,  who  will  inspect 
the  work  during  its  progress,  and  when  a  building  is  ready  for  occupancy  the  surgeon 
will  report  as  to  its  merits  to  the  Surgeon-General,  through  the  regular  channel,  and 
furnish  a  copy  of  the  report  to  the  constructing  officer. 

1495.  The  surgeon,  after  obtaining  from  the  quartermaster  necessary  data  as  to 
the  amount  of  labor,  quantity  of  material,  and  cost,  will  forward  on  March  1  of  each 
year,  through  military  channels,  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  an  estimate  of  repairs, 
alterations,  or  additions  needed  on  hospitals  and  quarters  of  sergeants  first-class 
during  the  next  fiscal  year,  with  plans  of  the  same,  stating  the  condition  of  the 
buildings  and  necessity  for  repairs.     The  surgeon  of  the  post  will  prepare  and  sign 
estimates  for  hospital  construction  and  repairs,  one  copy  of  which  is  required  by 
the  Surgeon-General.     The  number  required  at  department  headquarters  is  fixed  by 
the  department  commander.     When  work  is  completed,  the  medical  officer  will 
report  to  the  Surgeon-General  whether  it  was  performed  according  to  the  estimate, 
and  the  material  and  balance  of  allotment  remaining.     Approved  plans  or  estimates 
for  construction  or  repair  will  be  altered  only  by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1496.  The  Surgeon-General  will  furnish  to  the  Quartermaster-General,  in  suffi- 
cient time  for  his  annual  estimates,  a  statement  showing  the  hospital  repairs  which 
will  be  needed  during  the  ensuing  year,  with  estimated  cost  of  the  same. 

1497.  No  portion  of  any  hospital  building  at  a  military  post  will  be  used  or  occu- 
pied as  quarters,  nor  will  any  mess  be  permitted  or  maintained  therein  except  such 
as  may  be  necessary  for  patients  and  enlisted  men  there  on  duty. 

SICK  CALL. 

1 49§.  At  sick  call  the  enlisted  men  of  each  company  who  require  medical  attention 
will  be  conducted  to  the  hospital  by  a  noncommissioned  officer,  who  will  give  to  the 
attending  surgeon  the  company  sick  report  book  containing  the  names  of  the 
sick.  The  surgeon,  after  examination,  will  indicate  in  the  book,  opposite  their  names, 
the  men  who  are  to  be  admitted  to  hospital  and  those  to  be  returned  to  quarters, 
what  duties  the  latter  can  perform,  writh  any  other  information  in  regard  to  the  sick 
which  he  may  have  to  communicate  to  the  company  commander.  The  senior  medical 
officer  of  the  command  will  make  a  daily  report  of  the  sick  and  wounded  to  the  com- 
manding officer. 

1499.  Medical  officers  will  furnish  company  commanders  any  information,  except 
the  diagnosis,  which  will  assist  them  in  determining,  for  entry  on  the  muster  rolls, 
whether  or  not  the  disability  of  a  soldier  who  is  or  has  been  on  sick  report  originated 
in  the  line  of  duty,  entering  this  information  in  the  company  sick  report  book. 
When  required  they  will  furnish  the  diagnosis  to  the  commanding  officer. 

MEDICAL   ATTENDANCE. 

1500.  Medical  officers  and  contract  surgeons  on  duty  will  attend  officers  and 
enlisted  men,  and,  when  practicable,  their  families;  and  at  stations,  or  in  the  field, 
where  other  medical  attendance  can  not  be  procured,  civilian  employees.     Medicines 
will  be  dispensed  to  all  persons  entitled  to  medical  attendance,  and  hospital  stores  to 
enlisted  men  and  hospital  matrons,  also  to  officers  at  posts  or  stations  where  they 
can  not  be  procured  by  purchase. 


216  ACCOUNTS    FOR   MEDICAL    ATTENDANCE. 

1 501.  Medical  officers  and  contract  surgeons  at  their  stations  will  furnish  medical 
attendance  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  on  the  retired  list,  but  they  will  not  be 
required  to  leave  their  stations  for  that  purpose.     Medicines,  dressings,  etc.,  will  be 
supplied  to  retired  officers  and  enlisted  men  from  army  dispensaries  on  medical 
officers'  prescriptions. 

1502.  When  medical  attendance  is  required  by  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  on 
duty,  and  the  attendance  of  a  medical  officer  can  not  be  had,  the  officer,  or,  if  there 
be  no  officer  present,  then  the  enlisted  man,  may  employ  a  civilian  physician,  and  a 
just  account  for  his  services  and  the  necessary  medicines  will  be  paid  by  the  Medical 
Department.     The  accounts  for  each  fiscal  year  will  be  rendered  separately,  and,  if 
for  continuous  service,  forwarded  monthly.     Accounts  for  temporary  service  will  be 
forwarded  promptly  upon  termination  thereof. 

1503.  Accounts  for  medical  attendance  will  set  forth  the  full  name  and  address 
of  the  physician,  the  full  name,  rank,  company,  and  regiment  or  corps  of  patient, 
date  of  and  charge  for  each  visit,  charge  for  medicines,  and  particular  disease  or 
injury  treated.     The  physician  will  certify  that  the  account  is  correct  and  just  and 
that  the  charges  do  not  exceed  the  customary  charges  in  the  vicinity.     The  officer 
will  certify,  or  the  enlisted  man  make  oath,  to  the  correctness  of  the  account,  stating 
that  he  was  on  duty  at  the  time  and  place  specified  and  why  it  was  impossible  to 
secure  the  services  of  an  army  surgeon.   .  When  medicines  are  furnished  by  a  drug- 
gist and  charged  for  by  the  physician,  the  original  prescription  must  be  furnished, 
and  the  receipt  of  the  druggist  to  the  physician  will  accompany  the  account. 

I  ."><>!.  Accounts  for  medicines  will  be  accompanied  by  the  original  prescriptions 
and  must  be  for  medicines  properly  so  called  only.  When  such  an  account  is  pre- 
sented for  payment  the  druggist  will  furnish  the  following  certificate:  UI  certify  that 
the  above  account  is  a  just  and  correct  statement  of  medicines  furnished  by  me  at 
—  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  United  States  Army,  on  the  prescriptions 
herewith  submitted;  that  said  medicines  were  actually  furnished  on  said  prescrip- 
tions to  said  officers  and  enlisted  men,  respectively,  at  the  dates  set  forth  in  said 
account,  and  that  the  prices  charged  are  not  in  excess  of  those  prevailing  at  said 
place." 

1 5O5.  The  officer  under  whose  authority  the  prescriptions  are  filled  will  certify 
the  account  as  follows:  "I  certify  that  the  foregoing  account  is  correct;  that  the  offi- 
cers and  enlisted  men  therein  mentioned  were  actually  on  duty  at when  the 

medicine  was  furnished  for  them  as  stated  therein,  and  that  such  medicines  could 
not  then  have  been  procured  at  an  army  dispensary  in  or  near  said  place."     The 
account  must  set  forth  the  full  name  of  each  officer  and  enlisted  man,  his  rank,  the 
command  to  which  he  belongs,  and  the  number,  date,  and  price  of  each  prescrip- 
tion.    If  there  was  an  army  dispensary  in  or  near  the  place,  but  the  medicines  were 
procured  elsewhere  because  it  was  closed  when  they  were  required,  or  if  they  could 
not  be  there  procured  for  some  other  sufficient  reason,  a  statement  of  the  facts  sup- 
posed to  justify  the  purchase  will  be  added  at  the  end  of  the  officer's  certificate. 

1506.  When  the  charge  for  attendance  is  against  an  officer  he  will  pay  the 
account,  if  practicable,  and  transmit  it  to  the  Surgeon-General  for  reimbursement. 
Reimbursement  accounts  will  be  stated  in  the  prescribed  form  in  the  name  of  the 
physician;  the  fact  of  payment  will  be  plainly  stated  in  the  certificates  of  both  the 
physician  and  the  officer;   and  the  officer,  instead  of  the  physician,  will  sign  the 
receipt  at  the  foot  of  the  form.     When  the  charge  is  against  a  deceased  officer  or 
enlisted  man,  the  physician  will  certify  as  required  in  paragraph  1503,  and  that  he 
has  not  received  the  sum  expressed  nor  any  portion  thereof.     Accounts  for  consul- 
tation, for  medical  attendance  and  medicines  for  officers  and  enlisted  men  not  on 
duty,  and  for  families  and  servants  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  will  not  be  paid. 
Treatment  of  chronic  complaints  by  a  specialist  will  not  be  paid  for  unless  authority 
to  employ  such  specialist  has  been  obtained  from  the  Surgeon-General.     Surgical 


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appliances  will  be  paid  for  only  upon  satisfactory  evidence  of  their  necessity;  and 
such  evidence,  except  in  cases  of  emergency,  should  be  submitted  to  the  Surgeon- 
General  for  his  approval  before  purchase.  Accounts  for  hospital  stores  will  be  paid 
only  for  enlisted  men.  Accounts  for  mineral  waters  or  proprietary  medicines  will 
not  be  paid. 

1507.  When  hospital  care  and  treatment  are  required  by  an  officer  or  enlisted 
man  on  duty  with  any  command  or  detachment,  and  can  not  be  had  in  any  army 
hospital,  the  commanding  officer  may  obtain  the  required  service  in  a  civil  hospital, 
at  rates  not  to  exceed  the  usual  local  charges  for  like  service  to  private  patients, 
reporting  his  action  without  delay  to  the  Surgeon-General.     When  the  officer  requir- 
ing treatment  is  on  duty  without  troops,  or  the  enlisted  man  is  on  duty  where  there 
is  no  officer,  he  may  himself  arrange  for  the  required  service,  reporting  his  action,  if 
practicable,  to  the  Surgeon-General.     Accounts  for  the  care  and  treatment  of  sick . 
officers  and  soldiers  in  civil  hospitals  will  be  sent  to  the  Surgeon-General.     The 
accounts  will  show  the  particular  services  charged  for,  e.  g.,  medical  attendance, 
medicines,  nursing,  lodging,  and  board,  and  will,  when  practicable,  be  itemized  to 
show  the  separate  charges  under  each  head.     Accounts  for  medical  attendance,  med- 
icines, and  nursing  only  may,  if  reasonable  and  just,  be  settled  under  the  direction 
of  the  Surgeon-General.     Accounts  which  include  charges  for  lodging  and  board 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  for  settlement  and  appor- 
tionment to  the  proper  appropriations.     If  not  itemized,  a  just  apportionment  is 
deemed  to  be  one-half  for  medical  attendance,  medicines,  and  nursing;  one-fourth 
for  lodgings,  and  one-fourth  for  board.     No  charge  for  the  board  of  an  officer  can  be 
allowed. 

1 5O8.  Accounts  for  the  payment  of  special  nurses  employed,  when  necessary  for 
the  proper  care  of  the  patient,  to  attend  sick  officers  or  soldiers  on  duty  at  posts  or 
stations  where  treatment  in  an  army  hospital  can  not  be  obtained  will  be  sent  to 
the  Surgeon-General  for  settlement.     The  accounts  will  set  forth  the  full  name 
and  address  of  the  nurse,  the  full  name,  rank,  company,  and  regiment  or  corps  of 
the  patient,  the  disease  for  which  he  was  treated,  the  dates  of  service  and  number 
of  hours  per  day  service  was  rendered,  and  the  rate  of  pay  per  week  or  per  month. 
Pay  may  be  allowed  at  reasonable  rates  approved  by  the  Surgeon-General,  not  how- 
ever exceeding  $21  per  week,  except  upon  special  authority  granted  by  the  Secretary 
of  War.     The  nurse  will  certify  that  the  account  is  correct  and  just,  that  the  services 
were  rendered  as  stated,  and  that  the  patient  is  not  related  to  the  nurse.     The 
attending  physician  will  certify  that  the  services  of  a  nurse  were  indispensable  to  the 
proper  care  of  the  patient,  that  the  nurse  was  competent,  that  the  services  were 
rendered  as  claimed,  and  that  the  charges  do  not  exceed  those  customary  in  the 
vicinity  for  competent  nurses.     The  officer  will  certify,  or,  if  no  officer  is  cognizant 
of  the  facts,  the  enlisted  man  will  make  oath,  to  the  correctness  of  the  account, 
stating  that  the  patient  was  on  duty  at  the  time  and  place  specified  and  why  treat- 
ment in  an  army  hospital  could  not  be  obtained.     When  practicable,  the  patient 
will  pay  the  account  and  transmit  it,  properly  receipted,  to  the  Surgeon-General  for 
reimbursement,  the  fact  of  payment  by  the  patient  being  plainly  stated  both  by  the 
patient  and  the  nurse.     No  accounts  for  nurses  employed  in  trivial  cases  will  be  paid. 

1509.  The  compensation  allowed  to  civilian  physicians  for  the  physical  examina- 
tion of  recruits  will  beat  the  following  rates:   For  a  single  recruit,  $1;  for  two 
recruits  on  the  same  day,  $1.50;   for  three  recruits  on  the  same  day,  $2;  for  four 
recruits  on  the  same  day,  $2.50,  and  40  cents  for  each  recruit  over  four  examined 
on  any  one  day.     A  physician  employed  at  different  recruiting  stations  will  be 
allowed  the  above  rates  in  full  for  the  examinations  at  each  station.     He  will  be 
allowed  50  cents  for  each  authorized  vaccination.     Accounts  for  examination  and 
vaccination  of  recruits  will  show  the  physician's  address  and  the  particular  location 
of  the  recruiting  station,  the  number  of  applicants  examined  each  day  and  the 


218  SUPPLIES RETURNS ARTIFICIAL    LIMBS. 

charge,  and  the  number  of  accepted  recruits  vaccinated  each  day  and  the  charge. 
The  physician  will  certify  that  the  men  were  vaccinated,  and  the  recruiting  officer 
that  they  were  accepted  (sworn)  recruits. 

1510.  The  sick  at  recruiting  stations,  excepting  those  with  trivial  disabilities  or 
those  with  severe  injuries  which  render  their  removal  impracticable,  will  be  sent  by  the 
recruiting  officer  for  treatment  to  the  nearest  military  hospital.     Accounts  of  civilian 
physicians  for  medical  attendance  and  medicines  furnished  to  recruits,  assigned  or 
unassigned,  will  give  the  date  of  enlistment  in  each  case. 

1511.  Civilian  physicians  employed,  in  the  absence  of  a  medical  officer  or  con- 
tract surgeon,  to  physically  examine  or  vaccinate  enlisted  men,  under  these  regula- 
tions or  orders  from  competent  authority,  will  be  paid  at  the  rates  prescribed  above 
for  the  examination  and  vaccination  of  recruits. 

1512.  The  compensation  allowed  to  civilian  physicians  for  ordinary  medical  attend- 
ance at  garrisoned  posts  or  camps  will  not  exceed  the  following  rates,  and  if  the.  local 
charge  per  visit  is  less  the  account  will  be  rendered  at  the  local  rates:  For  attending 
sick  call,  five  men  or  less,  $2.50;  for  each  man  in  excess  of  five,  50  cents;  for  each 
additional  visit  or  sick  call  on  same  day,  when  necessary,  $2.     Where  there  is  a  large 
sick  report  and  the  service  will  be  required  for  an  extended  period,  application  will 
be  made  to  the  Surgeon-General  for  authority  to  employ  a  physician  by  the  month. 
Accounts  arising  at  posts  or  camps  under  exceptional  circumstances,  all  accounts 
arising  at  other  places,  and  accounts  for  special  or  surgical  services  will  be  allowed 
at  reasonable  rates  approved  by  the  Surgeon-General.     The  accounts  will  be  for- 
warded in  duplicate  to  the  chief  surgeon  or,  if  incurred  at  independent  posts  or 
stations,  direct  to  the  Surgeon-General. 

MEDICAL   SUPPLIES. 

1513.  Purchase  of  medical  supplies  will  be  made  in  pursuance  of  law,  under  the 
direction  of  the  Surgeon-General. 

1514.  The  routine  issue  of  disinfectants  is  prohibited. 

1515.  Damaged  or  unserviceable  medicines,  medical  books,  surgical  or  scientific 
instruments  and  appliances,  pertaining  to  the  Medical  Department,  will  not  be  pre- 
sented to  an  inspector  for  condemnation  until  authority  for  so  doing  has  been 
obtained  from  the  chief  surgeon  of  the  division  or  department. 

RETURNS. 

1516.  Each  chief  surgeon  will  make  to  the  Surgeon-General  on  the  last  day  of 
every  month  a  return  of  medical  officers,  contract  dental  surgeons,  and  physicians 
under  contract. 

ARTIFICIAL    LIMBS. 

1517.  Every  officer,  enlisted  man,  or  employee  of  the  military  forces  of  the 
United  States  who,  in  the  line  of  duty,  or  through  disease  contracted  in  service,  shall 
have  lost  a  limb,  or  the  use  of  a  limb,  will  receive  once  every  three  years  an  artificial 
limb  or  appliance,  or  commutation  therefor  if  he  shall  so  elect,  under  such  regula- 
tions as  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  Army  shall  prescribe.     The  money  value  allowed 
as  commutation  is,  for  a  leg,  $75;  for  an  arm,  foot,  and  apparatus,  for  resection,  $50. 

151§.  Necessary  transportation,  including  sleeping-car  accommodations,  requirec 
for  travel  to  place  where  artificial  limbs  may  be  fitted,  will  be  furnished  by  the  Quar 
termaster's  Department,  the  cost  to  be  refunded  from  any  money  appropriated  foi 
the  purchase  of  artificial  limbs. 

1519.  An  officer  who  pays  an  account  for  transportation  of  persons  to  enabl* 
them  to  procure  artificial  limbs  will  take  credit  for  amounts  paid  for  such  transpor 
tation  in  the  usual  manner  on  his  accounts-current,  and  the  vouchers  evidencing  th< 
payments  will  accompany  the  accounts  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  fo 


THE    CORPS    OF    ENGINEERS.  219 

settlement.  For  the  convenience  of  the  Auditor  in  adjusting  the  appropriations 
involved  the  vouchers  should  bear  conspicuously  across  their  face  a  notation  reading, 
"Transportation  to  have  artificial  limbs  fitted." 

1520.  (Blank.) 

1521.  (Blank.) 

ARTICLE  LXXVIII. 

« 

THE  CORPS  OF  ENGINEERS. 

NOTE.  —  Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  prepared  and  published  under  the 
authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the  Chief  of  Engineers.  Only  such 
regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the  service. 


.  The  duties  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  comprise  reconnoitering  and  survey- 
ing for  military  purposes,  including  the  laying  out  of  camps;  selection  of  sites  and 
formation  of  plans  and  estimates  for  military  defenses;  construction  and  repair  of 
fortifications  and  their  accessories;  the  supervision  of  the  location  of  all  buildings  in 
or  within  one  mile  of  any  fortification  ;  the  installation  of  electric  power  plants  and 
and  electric  power  cables  connected  with  seacoast  batteries,  and  furnishing  the 
necessary  electrical  supplies  connected  therewith;  planning  and  superintending  of 
defensive  or  offensive  works  of  troops  in  the  field;  examination  of  routes  of  commu- 
nications for  supplies  and  for  military  movements;  construction  and  repair  of  mili- 
tary roads,  railroads,  and  bridges;  military  demolitions;  execution  of  river  and 
harbor  improvements  assigned  to  it,  and  such  other  duties  as  the  President  or 
Congress  may  order.  It  collects,  arranges,  and  preserves  all  correspondence,  reports, 
memoirs,  estimates,  plans,  drawings,  such  deeds  and  titles  as  relate  to  the  Wash- 
ington Aqueduct  and  public  buildings  and  grounds  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  and 
models  which  concern  or  relate  in  any  wise  to  the  several  duties  above  enumerated. 

1523.  The  Chief  of  Engineers  will  have  his  headquarters  at  Washington,  D.  C., 
and  will  be  charged,  under  the  direction  of  the  War  Department,  with  the  command 
of  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  both  staff  and  line,  excepting  such  portions  as  are  specif- 
ically detached  by  order  of  the  War  Department,  and  with  the  management  of  the 
Engineer  Department,  including  the  regulation  of  the  duties  of  all  officers,  agents, 
and  others  who  may  be  employed  under  his  direction. 

1524.  When  officers  or  troops  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers  are  detached  from  the 
command  of  the  Chief  of  Engineers  they  will  continue  to  conform  to  the  regulations 
of  the  Engineer  Department  in  regard  to  the  keeping  of  records  and  rendering  of 
reports  and  accounts.  , 

1525.  Officers  and  troops  serving  under  the  immediate  orders  of  the  Chief  of 
Engineers  will  not  be  diverted  from  such  service  except  in  cases  of  marked  public 
exigencies,  and  when  so  diverted  the  officers  will  immediately  report  the  facts  to 
the  Chief  of  Engineers,  forwarding  a  copy  of  the  orders  they  may  have  received. 
The  officer  issuing  the  order  will  transmit  a  copy  direct  to  the  War  Department. 
Upon  the  termination  of  the  exigency  such  officers  or  troops  will  be  returned  to  their 
prior  service,  unless  otherwise  directed  by  the  Chief  of  Engineers. 

1526.  The  senior  officer  of  engineers  commanding  engineer  troops  serving  with 
an  army,  corps,  or  independent  division  in  the  field  will  be  attached  to  general 
headquarters  of  that  organization,  but  will  not  be  a  member  of  the  staff  of  the  com- 
manding officer  unless  specifically  so  appointed. 

1527.  The  senior  officer  of  engineers  serving  with  an  army  corps,  a  division,  a 
brigade,  or  smaller  body,  will  communicate  to  the  commander  thereof  any  orders 
received  from  any  engineer  officer  who  has  authority  to  issue  such  orders. 

1528.  An  engineer  directed  to  superintend  any  works  to  be  constructed  by  troops 
will  point  out  what  is  to  be  done,  and  will  maintain  such  a  supervision  as  will  enable 
him  to  see  that  it  is  done  correctly.     It  will  be  the  duty  of  the  officer  having  charge 
of  the  detachment  to  execute  the  work  in  accordance  with  the  instructions  of  the 


220  THE    CORPS    OF    ENGINEERS. 

engineer  officer  in  charge.  The  detail  of  troops  for  work  to  be  carried  on  under  the 
superintendence  of  engineers  will  be  furnished  on  requisition  addressed  to  the  officer 
in  chief  command  of  the  troops  by  the  senior  engineer  officer  on  the  staff  of  that  com- 
mand. The  requisition  will  specify  the  number  of  men  required,  the  times  and  places 
at  which  they  will  assemble  to  commence  work,  and  the  name  and  rank  of  the  engineer 
officer  to  whom  they  will  report.  The  requisition  may  be  for  part  of  a  day  or  night, 
for'a  whole  day  or  night,  for  a  week  or  a  longer  period,  according  to  circumstances, 
the  duration  of  the  service  always  being  specified. 

1  529.  When  on  duty  in  the  field  with  armies  or  other  independent  organizations, 
engineer  officers  making  surveys  and  reconnaissances  will  at  once  forward  their  maps 
and  reports  of  operations  to  the  proper  officer  at  headquarters,  who  will  report 
directly  to  the  commanding  officer  at  those  headquarters. 

1530.  The  senior  engineer  officer  serving  with  an  army  or  other  independent 
organization  in  the  field  will,  subject  to  the  approval  of  his  commanding  officer, 
report  monthly  to  the  Chief  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army,  the  operations  of  the 
engineer  force  under  his  direction  sufficiently  in  detail  to  show  the  nature  and  extent 
of  the  operations  and  the  respective  portions  executed  by  the  several  engineer  officers 
engaged  therein. 

1531.  The  senior  engineer  officer  will  also  cause  to  be  made  plans  of  all  works 
executed  under  his  direction,  and  will  cause  journals  to  be  kept,  showing  by  drawings 
and  descriptions,  as  far  as  practicable,  each  day's  events.     These  plans  and  descrip- 
tions, with  maps  of  all  surveys  and  reconnaissances  and  explanatory  reports  or 
memoirs,  will  be  carefully  preserved  and  transmitted  at  suitable  opportunities  to  the 
Chief  of  Engineers,  United  States  Army. 

1532.  When  an  engineer  officer  is  sent  to  any  military  department,  fortress,  gar- 
rison, or  post,  a  duplicate  of  his  orders  will  be  sent  to  the  commanding  officer.     Or 
his  arrival  the  engineer  officer  will  communicate  his  orders,  and  necessary  facilities 
for  executing  them  will  be  afforded  by  the  commanding  officer.     While  so  on  duty 
without  being  especially  put  under  the  direction  of  the  commanding  officer,  th( 
engineer  officer  will  be  furnished  with  copies  of  all  orders  and  regulations  of  th< 
command  relative  to  etiquette  and  police  and  with  the  countersign  when  quartern 
within  a  chain  of  sentinels.     The  engineer  officer  will  report  to  the  commanding 
officer  when  relieved  from  duty  within  the  limits  of  the  command. 

1533.  Engineer  officers  engaged  in  the  construction  of  fortifications  or  othe 
public  works  are  entitled  to  the  same  allowances  as  are  provided  by  regulations  fo 
officers  at  garrisoned  posts. 

1534.  No  alterations  will  be  made  in  any  fortification  or  in  its  casemates,  quarters 
barracks,  magazines,  storehouses,  or  any  other  building  belonging  to  it,  nor  will  an 
building  of  any  kind,  or  work  of  earth,  masonry,  or  timber  be  erected  within  an 
fortification,  or  within  a  mile  of  its  exterior,  except  under  the  direction  of  the  Chk 
of  Engineers,  United  States  Army,  and  by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

1535.  When  the  Chief  of  Engineers  is  satisfied  that  any  fortification  or  any  of  ii 
accessories  is  in  all  respects  complete,  so  far  as  the  functions  of  his  department  ai  • 
concerned,  he  will  give  notice  thereof,  in  writing,  to  the  Chief  of  Staff,  that  it  ma 
be  turned  over  to  the  troops  for  use  and  care.     Until  its  completion  has  been  s-  • 
announced,  no  work  will  be  occupied  by  troops  except  by  the  special  order  of  tr  • 
War  Department. 

1536.  Officers  of  the  Corps  of  Engineers,  or  those  on  engineer  duty,  traveling  c  L 
service  connected  with  fortifications  or  works  of  public  improvement  will  be  pai  I 
their  travel  allowances  from  the  special  appropriation  for  the  work.     When  trave  - 
ing  on  any  other  duty,  the  mileage  will  be  paid  by  the  Pay  Department. 

1537.  When  necessary  in  field  operations,  an  engineer  officer  shall  be  detail*  I 
as  director  of  communications,  charged  with  all  road  and  railroad  work  and  oper  - 
tion  between  the  rear  of  the  armv  and  the  advanced  field  base.     He  shall  be  und  r 


THE    ORDNANCE    DEPARTMENT.  221 


the  orders  of  the  general  commanding  in  the  field  and  shall  submit  requisitions  for 
the  funds  required  for  his  work  through  the  headquarters  ol  that  officer,  disburse- 
ments to  be  made  and  accounts  rendered  under  the  regulations  for  the  control  of  the 
Engineer  Department. 

153§.  In  operations  in  the  field,  transfers  of  funds  and  material  pertaining  to 
the  engineer  work  of  a  command  may  be  made  between  officers  of  the  command  on 
the  order  of  the  commanding  officer. 

1539.  Engineer  supplies  will  be  issued  to  the  organized  militia  of  the  several 
States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
"An  act  to  promote  the  efficiency  of  the  militia,  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved 
January  21,  1903,  upon  proper  requisition  therefor. 

ARTICLE   LXXIX. 

THE  ORDNANCE  DEPARTMENT. 

NOTE.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Ordnance  Department,  prepared  and  published . 
under  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  its  officers  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 
Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general  in  their  nature  or  affect  other  branches  of  the 
service. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

(J54O.  The  Chief  of  Ordnance  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  procuring,  by  purchase 
or  manufacture,  and  distributing  the  necessary  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  for  the 
Army  and  the  organized  militia,  and  establishes  and  maintains  arsenals  and  depots 
for  their  manufacture  and  safe-keeping.  All  officers  or  other  persons  in  the  military 
establishment,  to  whom  ordnance  and  ordnance  supplies  or  funds  are  intrusted,  will 
make  accounts  and  returns  thereof  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  at  the  times  and  in  the 
manner  prescribed.  ^ 

1541.  Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  include  cannon  and  artillery  vehicles  and 
equipments;  apparatus  and  machines  for  the  service  and  maneuver  of  artillery;  small- 
arms,  ammunition,  and  accouterments;  horse  equipments  and  harness  for  the  field 
artillery,  and  horse  equipments  for  cavalry  and  for  all  mounted  men  except  those  in 
the  Quartermaster's  Department;  tools,  machinery,  and  materials  for  the  ordnance 
service,  and  all  property  of  whatever  nature  supplied  to  the  military  establishment 
by  the  Ordnance  Department. 

ISSUES   AND   SALES. 

1542.  In  time  of  peace,  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  are  issued  from  the  various 
arsenals  and  depots,  to  the  extent  authorized  by  regulations,  on  requisitions  sub- 
mitted in  accordance  with  existing  orders. 

1 543.  In  time  of  war,  issues  may  be  made  to  troops  in  service  on  the  order  of  any 
general  or  field  officer  commanding  an  army,  garrison,  or  detachment,  or  of  a  chief 
ordnance  officer  of  an  army,  army  corps,  or  division.     To  authorize  an  issue  to  militia, 
they  must  have  been  regularly  mustered  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  and 
the  requisition  for  the  stores  must  be  properly  approved. 

1544.  The  Chief  of  Ordnance  will,  on  the  recommendation  of  a  division  or  depart- 
ment commander,  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  establish  ordnance  depots  at 
such  points  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  where  ordnance  stores 
will  be  held  for  distribution  to  the  troops,  under  such  regulations  as  the  division 
commander  may  prescribe. 

1545.  When  practicable,  these  depots  will  be  under  the  charge   of  ordnance 
officers,  and  only  such  limited  supply  of  ordnance  stores  as  may  be  required  to  meet 
current  needs  will  be  kept  at  or  issued  from  them.     All  other  ordnance  stores  will  be 
supplied  from  the  arsenals,  as  provided  in  paragraph  1542. 


222  REQUISITIONS ISSUES. 

1546.  Requisitions  for  ordnance  supplies  to  meet  current  needs  will  be  filled  from 
a  depot,  under  the  instructions  of  the  division  or  department  commander.     The  officer 
in  charge  will  be  responsible,  under  the  division  or  department  commander,  that  suffi- 
cient stores,  procured  by  timely  requisitions  upon  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  are  always 
on  hand.     Unserviceable  and  unsuitable  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  at  such  depots 
are  under  the  control  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1547.  Requisitions  for  ordnance   and  ordnance  stores  not  on   hand  within  a 
department   must    be   approved    by  the  immediate    commanders.     The  personal 
approval  of  the  department  commander,  or  of  the  chief  ordnance  officer  of  his  depart- 
ment is  necessary,  but  in  the  absence  of  the  department  commander  the  approval 
may  be  made  in  his  name  by  one  of  his  staff  officers. 

1548.  Requisitions  will  be  made  in  conformity  with  the  supply  tables  prepared 
by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  unless  extraordinary  circumstances,  to  be  plainly  set  forth 
in  each  case,  should  require  a  larger  supply  of  one  or  more  of  the  articles  authorized. 

1 549.  The  service  arms,  ammunition,  accouterments,  and   horse  equipments 
required  by  an  officer  for  his  own  use  in  the  public  service  may  be  sold  to  him  by  the 
Ordnance  Department  at  the  regulation  price  and  the  money  received  passed  to  the 
credit  of  the  proper  appropriation.     Ordnance  supplies  thus  sold  to  officers  will  not 
be  disposed  of  to  persons  not  in  the  military  service.     Necessary  repairs  to  the  service 
arms  and  equipments  of  an  officer  will  be  made  by  the  Ordnance  Department  at  the 
cost  of  these  repairs.     Officers  making  purchases,  or  having  repairs  done,  will  furnish 
certificates  of  the  fact  that  these  sales  or  repairs  are  for  their  own  use  in  the  public 
service. 

1550.  When  the  arms  or  equipments  authorized  to  be  purchased  in  the  preceding 
paragraph  can  not  be  obtained  from  an  ordnance  officer,  officers  may  take  from  those 
for  which  they  are  accountable  such  articles  as  they  require  for  their  personal  use  or 
may  furnish  them  to  officers  of  their  commands  for  like  purpose.     In  such  cases 
the  accountable  officer  will  deposit  the  proceeds  of  the  sales  as  required  by  paragraph 
618  and  make  the  report  required  by  paragraph  613.     At  the  end  of  each  month  an 
abstract  of  such  sales  on  Form  No.  272  will  be  prepared  in  duplicate  and  forwarded 
to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.     A  third  copy  will  be  forwarded  with  the  property  return 
of  the  officer. 

1551.  Officers  serving  with  troops  may  draw  for  their  personal  use,  from  stores 
belonging  to  the  command  with  which  they  are  serving,  one  regulation  rifle  or  car- 
bine and  one  revolver,  with  the  appropriate  equipments  and  the  usual  quantity  of 
ammunition  for  each  arm.     This  ordnance  property  may  be  used  in  action  or  target 
practice  and  will  be  accounted  for  on  returns  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1552.  Ordnance  stores  will  not  be  loaned  to  any  person,  and  any' officer  violating 
this  rule  will  be  held  responsible  for  the  money  value  of  the  articles. 

1553.  Issues  and  transfers  of  ordnance  stores  will  not  be  made  on  memorandum 
invoices  and  receipts,  except  in  special  cases  authorized  by  and  subject  to  instructions 
from  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1554.  An  officer  who  makes  an  issue  of  ordnance  stores  to  one  not  in  command 
of  troops,  except  under  orders  from  competent  authority,  will  be  charged  with  tht 
money  value  of  the  stores  so  issued. 

1555.  Civilian  employees  of  the  War  Department  may  be  armed  when  necessan 
for  the  protection  of  life  or  public  property,  and  the  same  responsibility  attaches  t( 
the  officers  accountable  for  the  arms  furnished  them  that  attaches  to  those  account 
able  for  the  arms  in  the  hands  of  enlisted  men.     The  sale  of  ammunition  to  civilian; 
belonging  to  exploring  or  surveying  expeditions  authorized  by  law,  and  to  civiliai 
employees  of  the  War  Department,  may  be  made  for  hunting  purposes  when  con 
sidered  necessary  for  their  subsistence  or  for  the  interest  of  the  United  States.     Ii 
the  field  the  sale  of  meat  cans,  canteens,  knives,  forks,  and  spoons,  when  they  cai 
be  spared,  to  an  officer  in  charge  of  civilian  employees  for  their  use,  is  authorized 
provided  they  can  not  be  obtained  in  any  other  way. 


AMMUNITION SUBPLUS    AND    DAMAGED    STORES.  223 

1556.  Arms  lost,  destroyed,  or  embezzled  by  civilian  employees  will  be  charged 
in  the  same  manner  as  stores  similarly  lost  by  enlisted  men;  and  the  money  value 
thereof  accounted  for  as  in  case  of  sales  made  in  accordance  with  paragraph  1550. 

EXPENDITURE   OF   AMMUNITION. 

1557.  Ammunition  will  only  be  expended  in  action,  in  defense  of  life  or  public 
property,  in  target  practice,  in  the  preliminary  instruction  of  the  soldier,  in  hunting, 
and  for  authorized  salutes. 

I55§.  The  officer's  certificate  as  to  the  necessity  for  all  expenditures  of  ammu- 
nition must  accompany  his  property  return,  and  when  ammunition  is  dropped  from 
his  return  as  "  expended  in  action  by  civil  employees,"  a  statement  giving  the  place, 
date,  and  attending  circumstances,  sufficiently  in  detail  to  insure  verification,  must 
be  filed  with  the  return. 

1559.  Ammunition  expended  by  a  soldier  without  orders,  or  not  in  the  line  of 
duty,  or  which  may  be  damaged  or  lost  through  his  neglect,  will  be  charged  to  him. 

1 56O.  When  ammunition  is  furnished  to  civilian  employees,  it  is  not  to  be  dropped 
from  the  returns  unless  expended  in  action  or  in  hunting  when  necessary  to  obtain 
subsistence.     Ammunition  not  so  expended  will  be  returned  to  the  responsible  officer 
and  accounted  for  by  him,  or  paid  for  at  the  price  fixed. 

SURPLUS   AND    DAMAGED    STORES. 

1561.  Serviceable  surplus  ordnance  stores  may  be  turned  in  at  the  nearest  arsenal 
on  the  order  of  a  department  commander,  or,  if  in  the  hands  of  a  recruiting  officer, 
on  the  order  of  the  War  Department. 

1562.  Officers  in  charge  of  arsenals  and  ordnance  depots  will  afford  every  facility 
to  officers  authorized  to  turn  in  property.    They  will  give  receipts  for  it  according  to 
condition. 

1563.  Whenever  canteens  become  unserviceable  because  of  worn-out  covers  or 
lost  corks,  they  will  not  be  presented  for  condemnation,  but  will  be  repaired  by  the 
troops.     Timely  requisitions  will  be  made  on  the  Ordnance  Department  for  extra 
covers,  corks,  etc.,  with  which  to  repair  them. 

1564.  Articles  of  personal  equipment  belonging  to   the  Ordnance  Department 
which  a  detached  soldier  carries  with  him  will  be  noted  on  the  soldier's  descriptive 
list  or  descriptive  and  assignment  card,  and  will  be  entered  opposite  the  soldier's 
name  on  duplicate  invoice  and  receipt  ordnance  blanks,  the  invoice  being  signed 
by  the  accountable  officer,  or  the  issuing  officer  in  his  name.     The  soldier  will  sign 
in  the  body  of  the  invoices  acknowledgment  that  he  has  the  property.     One  of  these 
blanks  thus  signed  by  the  soldier  will  be  attached  to  the  descriptive  list  or  descrip- 
tive and  assignment  card.      The  invoices  will,  when  practicable,  indicate  the  desti- 
nation of  the  soldier. 

The  accountable  officer  will  drop  from  his  return  the  articles  thus  turned  over, 
which  will  be  taken  up  by  the  officer  to  whom  the  soldier  reports,  missing  articles 
being  charged  by  the  latter  officer  against  the  soldier  in  usual  manner. 

The  officer  dropping  the  property  will  forward  one  of  the  signed  invoices  with  the 
return  on  which  he  drops  the  property.  The  officer  who  takes  up  the  property  will 
receipt  for  the  same  on  the  duplicate  invoice  and  receipt  attached  to  the  soldier's 
descriptive  list  or  descriptive  and  assignment  card,  which  he  will  forward  with  the 
return  on  which  he  takes  up  the  property. 

Blank  invoices  and  receipts  suitable  for  this  transfer  will  be  furnished  by  the 
Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1565.  Detached  soldiers  going  to  or  returning  from  the  Philippines  will  be 
required  to  turn  in  all  ordnance  property  in  their  possession  before  sailing. 

1 566.  Ordinary  repairs  can  usually  be  made  in  the  company  or  at  the  post  or 
within  the  district  with   the  means  provided  for  that  purpose  by  the  Ordnance 
Department.     When  the  repairs  required  can  not  be  thus  made,  and  the  stores  are 


224  REPAIRS INSPECTION PACKING. 

other  than  mobile  and  seacoast  artillery,  an  inspector  should  recommend  that  the 
articles  be  sent  to  an  arsenal  designated  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.  A  certified 
extract  from  the  inspection  report,  accompany  ing  the  invoices,  is  the  officer's  authority 
for  turning  them  in. 

156*7.  In  the  absence  of  an  inspecting  officer,  department  commanders'may  direct 
all  small  arms,  accouterments,  equipments,  material  for  mechanical  maneuvers, 
hydraulic  jacks,  and  targets,  which  need  repairs,  resulting  from  fair  wear  and  tear,  and 
which  can  not  be  made  by  the  means  provided  at  the  post  or  within  the  district,  to  be 
sent  to  such  arsenal  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1 56§.  For  the  maintenance  and  improvement  of  the  mobile  and  seacoast  artillery 
and  accessories,  armament  districts  are  established  in  orders  from  the  War  Depart- 
ment, and  the  assignment  of  armament  officers  to  the  charge  of  these  districts  is 
made  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.  These  officers  will  keep  themselves  informed  of 
the  condition  of  the  material  by  inspections,  and  by  direct  correspondence  with  the 
various  district  and  post  commanders.  The  former  are  authorized  to  make  the  nec- 
essary repairs  to  material  in  their  districts;  but  no  alterations  can  be  made  without 
the  authority  of  the  Chief  of  Ordnance.  Where  repairs  indicate  improper  handling 
or  neglect  of  material,  the  circumstances  will  be  reported  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

When  mechanics  employed  by  an  armament  officer  are  on  duty  at  a  post  or  in  a 
district,  they  will,  in  the  absence  of  the  armament  officer,  be  under  the  supervision 
of  the  post  or  district  commander. 

1569.  No  officer  will  turn  in  any  unserviceable  ordnance  stores  except  as  pro- 
vided in  these  regulations. 

1570.  Price  lists  of  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  will  be  published  from  time  to 
time  for  the  information  and  guidance  of  officers  in  making  inventories,  sales,  and 
charges  for  the  loss  of  or  damage  to  ordnance  property. 

1571.  Arm  chests  not  required  for  the  storage  of  supplies  will  be  returned  to  the 
nearest  arsenal  or  ordnance  depot  when  the  cost  of  transportation  is  not  greater  than 
the  value  of  the  property.     Officers  to  whom  such  chests  have  been  issued  will  be 
charged  with  their  value  if  they  are  destroyed. 

INSPECTION    OF   ORDNANCE    AND    ORDNANCE   STORES. 

1572.  Before  final  disposition  of  ordnance  supplies  which  from  any  cause  are 
worn  out  or  damaged,  they  will  be  submitted  to  an  inspector.     But  when  smUl  arms 
become  unserviceable  and  can  not,  under  existing  orders,  be  repaired  at  the  post, 
they  will  be  turned  into  the  nearest  depot  or  arsenal,  and  will  under  no  circumstances 
be  broken  up. 

1573.  Artillery  guns  and  carriages,  including  ammunition  for  cannon,  will  not  be 
presented  for  the  action  of.  an  inspector  without  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  ol 
War.     All  of  the  copies  of  the  inspection  report  on  such  property  will  be  forwarder 
by  the  department  commander  direct  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  for  the  final  action  o 
the  Secretary  of  War. 

1574.  When  the  recommendation  of  an  inspector  for  sale  of  ordnance  stores  i 
approved,  two  copies  of  the  report  will  be  returned  to  the  officer  accountable  for  th< 
stores,  with  detailed  instructions  how  to  make  the  sales,  and  one  copy  transmitte* 
to  the  Inspector-General.     One  copy  of  each  inventory  and  inspection  report  mus 
accompany  the  property  return.     Sales  of  condemned  ordnance  and  ordnance  store 
will  be  accounted  IOT  on  Form  No.  272,  which  will  be  executed  in  duplicate  an« 
forwarded  direct  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  on  completion  of  the  sale.     A  third  cop 
will  accompany  the  officer's  property  return. 

PACKING    AND    TRANSPORTATION. 

1575.  Officers  who  ship  arms  of  any  description  are  held  responsible  that  the 
are  so  packed  that,  under  ordinary  handling,  they  can  not  break  loose  from  the  • 


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fastenings  in  the  boxes,  and  that  no  loaded  arm  is  packed  for  transportation.  When 
loaded  arms,  or  arms  insecurely  packed,  are  received  by  an  officer,  he  will  report  the 
facts  direct  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1576.  After  packing  arms  or  ordnance  stores  for  shipment,  the  covers  and  bot- 
toms of  the  arm  chests  and  packing  boxes  will,  if  possible,  be  sealed  with  wax  and 
stamped  with  an  official  mark  by  the  officer  responsible.     The  lid  will  be  secured  by 
screws,  at  least  two  of  which  wrill  be  sealed.     Each  board  on  top  and  bottom  will 
have  at  least  one  sealed  screw.     The  screw  heads  will  be  countersunk  to  a  depth 
sufficient  to  protect  the  wax  seal  from  injury.     The  design  of  the  seal  will  designate 
the  arsenal,  depot,  post,  or  organization  from  which  shipment  is  made.     For  over-sea 
shipments,  all  boxes  and  crates  will  be  properly  strapped  with  wire  or  hoop  iron. 
Boxes  containing  arms  and  other  valuable  stores  will  be  sealed  prior  to  shipment 
from  ordnance  establishments  in  accordance  with  special  instructions  from  the  Chief 
of  Ordnance. 

1577.  The  Ordnance  Department  will  prepare  official  stamps  for  sealing  boxes 
and  distribute  them  to  each  company.     Company  commanders  will  account  for  them 
in  their  returns  of  ordnance  stores  and  use  them  exclusively  for  purposes  intended. 

1578.  In  preparing  property  for  shipment,  the  name  of  the  invoicing  officer,  or 
of  the  arsenal  or  depot,  the  date  of  the  invoice,  the  number,  gross  weight,  and 
general    contents   of  each  box  or  package,  and  the  name  or  designation  of  the 
receiving  officer  will  be  distinctly  marked  thereon  prior  to  delivery  for  shipment. 
Each  quartermaster  who  ships  or  receives  ordnance  stores  will  satisfy  himself  that 
the  seals  on  the  packages  are  unbroken.     If  the  seals  should  be  broken  and  any 
stores  lost,  he  will  cause  the  value  of  the  lost  stores  to  be  charged  to  the  carrier. 

1579.  When  stores  are  turned  over  to  the  Quartermaster's  Department  for  trans- 
portation, they  will  be  accompanied  by  triplicate  invoices,  one  of  which  will  be 
receipted   and   returned   by  the  shipping  quartermaster  to  the   invoicing  officer. 
Duplicate  invoices  with  duplicate  receipts  to  be  signed  by  the  receiving  officer,  and 
a  shipping  list  describing  the  contents  of  each  box  or  package  will  be  sent  direct  to 
the  receiving  officer  by  mail,  to  reach  him,  if  practicable,  before  the  receipt  of  the 
stores.      Materials  procured  for  current  use  at  ordnance  establishments  will  be 
transported  at  the  expense  of  the  Ordnance  Department. 

RETURNS  AND  REPORTS. 

1580.  Officers  accountable  for  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores  will  render  the 
returns  and  statements  required  by  Ordnance  Property  Regulations. 

1581.  Records  of  artillery  firing  will  be  kept  by  commanding  officers  of  perma- 
nent forts  and  batteries,  and  a  copy  forwarded  direct  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  at  the 
end  of  February,  April,  June,  August,  October,  and  December  of  each  year. 

1582.  Requisitions  for  blanks  and  blank  books  required  for  the  use  of  the  Ord- 
nance Department  will  be  made  quarterly,  or  when  needed,  by  every  regiment  and 
company.     Those  suited  to  every  command  and  arm  of  the  service  can  be  obtained 
upon  application  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance. 

1583.  In  the  care  and  preservation  of  artillery  material,  magazines,  small  arms, 
etc.,  the  instructions  contained  in  the  authorized  Manual  of  Heavy  Artillery  and  the 
publications  of  the  Ordnance  Department  will  be  observed. 

1584.  When  ordnance  stores,  or  services  not  personal,  are  procured  in  open 
market  aggregating  in  value  less  than  $200,  an  immediate  report  is  required  to  be 
made  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  through  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  of  every  procurement 
exceeding  $100. 

TESTS  AND  EXPERIMENTAL  TRIALS. 

1585.  No  written  or  pictorial  description  of  tests  by  this  Government  of  arms  or 
munitions  of  war  will  be  made  for  publication  without  the  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  War,  nor  will  any  information,  written  or  verbal,  concerning  them  which  is  not 

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226  THE    SIGNAL    CORPS. 

contained  in  the  printed  reports  and  documents  of  the  War  Department  be  given  to 
any  unauthorized  person. 

1586.  Except  by  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  no  persons  other  than 
officers  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States  and  members  of  Congress  in  their 
official  capacity,  and  persons  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  employed  in  direct 
connection  with  such  tests,  will  be  allowed  to  witness  the  same. 

1587.  Until  further  orders,  inventors    and   manufacturers,  or  their  properly 
accredited  representatives,  will  also  be  permitted  to  be  present  at  tests  of  and  exper- 
iments with  their  own  inventions. 

Commanding  officers  of  ordnance  establishments  and  other  military  posts  are 
authorized  to  pass  such  persons  into  them  when  they  present  the  necessary  creden- 
tials, but  only  for  the  purpose  stated.  Access  to  parts  of  commands  not  involved  in 
the  tests  and  experiments  and  to  any  war  material,  or  to  any  means  of  obtaining 
knowledge  of  the  same,  is  prohibited. 

ARTICLE  LXXX. 

THE  SIGNAL  CORPS. 

NOTE.— Regulations  for  the  government  of  the  Signal  Corps,  and  for  the  operation  and  maintenance 
of  United  States  military  telegraph  lines  and  cables,  prepared  and  published  by  the  Chief  Signal 
Officer  of  the  Army,  under  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  are  distributed  to  officers  and  men  by 
the  Chief  Signal  Officer.  Only  such  regulations  are  herein  given  as  are  general-  in  their  nature  or 
affeot  other  branches  of  the  service. 

1588.  The  Chief  Signal  Officer  is  charged  with  the  direction  of  the  Signal  Corps 
of  the  Army;  with  the  control  of  the  officers,  enlisted  men,  and  employees  attached 
thereto;  with  the  construction,  repair,  and  operation  of  military  cables,  telegraphic 
and  telephonic  lines  and  wireless  installations,  field  telegraph  trains,  balloon  trains, 
and  furnishing  and  installing  instruments  and  connecting  cables  used  for  transmit- 
ting information  in  connection  with  fire  control  at  seacoast  fortifications;  with  the 
preparation,  distribution,  and  revision  of  the  War  Department  Telegraphic  Code; 
with  the  supervision  of  such  instruction  in  military  signaling  and  telegraphy  as 
may  be  prescribed  in  orders  from  the  War  Department;  with  the  procurement, 
preservation,  and  distribution  of  the  necessary  supplies  for  the  Signal  Corps  and  for 
signaling  installations  of  the  lake  and  seacoast  defenses.     He  has  charge  of  all  mili- 
tary signal  duties,  and  of  books,  papers,  and  devices  connected  therewith,  includ- 
ing telegraph  and  telephone  apparatus  and  the  necessary  meteorological  instru- 
ments for  target  ranges  and  other  military  uses;  of  collecting  and  transmitting  infor- 
mation for  the  Army,  by  telegraph  or  otherwise,  and  all  other  duties  pertaining 
to  military  signaling. 

1589.  Noncommissioned  officers  and  first-class  privates  and  privates  of  the  Sig- 
nal Corps  will  be  enlisted  and  may  be  mustered,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Chief  Signal 
Officer  of  the  Army,  in  the  class  or  grade  for  which  they  are  competent  and  in  which 
there  is  a  vacancy.     They  will  be  promoted  and  reduced  in  the  class  or  grade,  as 
fixed  by  law,  buy  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army  or  by  his  authority. 

1590.  The  senior  signal  officer  of  an  army  in  the  field  commands  the  signal  par- 
ties serving  therein.     Orders  affecting  them  will  be  transmitted  through  him,  and  he 
will  be  responsible  that  they  are  fully  instructed,  adequately  supplied,  and  that  the> 
properly  perform  their  duties.     He  will  keep  himself  informed  of  the  position  of  th( 
army  and  of  the  enemy,  and,  under  the  instruction  of  the  general  commanding,  wil 
establish  his  stations.     He  will  submit  reports  of  operations  to  the  general  command 
ing,  and  forward  copies  thereof  to  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  in  Washington,  to  whon 
he  will  report  monthly  his  station,  the  strength  and  condition  of  his  parties,  and  al 
other  matters  pertaining  to  their  duties  and  equipment. 

1591.  When  telegraph  lines  are  placed  under  charge  of  signal  officers,  they  WL 
be  held  responsible  for  their  construction,  maintenance,  and  operation.     Commanc 


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ing  officers  and  others  will  see  that  the  special  duties  of  these  officers  are  not  interfered 
with,  and  upon  proper  application  will  render  any  assistance  in  their  power. 

1592.  Communications  transmitted  by  telegraph  or  signals  are  always  confiden- 
tial, and  will  not  be  revealed  except  to  those  officially  entitled  to  receive  them,  or  in 
cases  specially  ordered  by  competent  military  authority. 

1593.  Official  and  military  messages  will  have  precedence.     Subject  to  modifica- 
tion in  orders  from  the  War  Department,  or  by  order  of  the  commanding  general  of 
the  army  in  the  field,  important  dispatches  will  be  usually  sent  in  the  following 
order  of  priority,  due  regard  being  had  to  the  relative  urgency  of  messages  in  the 
same  class: 

First.  Those  relating  to  the  movement  or  administration  of  the  army  in  the  field, 
Jind  of  the  Navy. 

Second.  Other  messages  relating  to  the  Army,  to  the  Navy,  and  to  governmental 
departments  or  bureaus  of  the  United  States. 

Third.  Messages  of  State,  Territorial,  or  other  civil  officials,  relating  to  public 
business. 

Fourth.  Messages  between  diplomatic  agents  of  neutral  governments. 

Fifth.  Press  messages. 

Sixth.  Miscellaneous  business,  those  relating  to  death  or  serious  illness  having 
priori  tv. 

Unimportant  dispatches  of  any  class  must  not,  however,  be  given  precedence  over 
important  dispatches  of  a  subordinate  class. 

2.  Dispatches  containing  matter  deemed  to  be  injurious  to  the  public  interests 
must   be  submitted   to  the  commanding  general  for  his  orders  relative  to  their 
transmission.     On  detached  lines  such  messages  will  be  submitted  to  the  senior 
officer  or  noncommissioned  officer  for  his  action. 

3.  Officers  and  soldiers  are  strictly  prohibited  from  communicating,  except  to 
commanding  officers  or  under  special  authorization  from  proper  military  authority, 
information  by  telegraph,  or  otherwise,  relative  to  numbers,  movements,  or  opera- 
tions of  troops,  or  details  regarding  fortifications,  armaments,  or  experiments  made 
in  connection  with  military  affairs.     Neither  shall  they  be  permitted  to  file  or  send 
dispatches  containing  opinions  on  military  operations  or  other  military  matters  relat- 
ing to  any  part  of  the  army  or  command  with  which  they  are  serving,  or  to  any 
auxiliary  forces. 

4.  Personal  and  press  messages  may,  under  conditions  not  interfering  with  military 
business,  be  transmitted  free  over  field  military  telegraph  lines  that  are  closed  to 
the  general  public. 

5.  The  use  of  any  cipher  is  forbidden,  except  in  communication  to  and  from  com- 
manding officers  and  their  superiors,  or  in  cases  of  civil  officers  specially 'authorized. 
Personal  and  press  codes,  however,  may  be  utilized  for  the  economical  transmission 
of  dispatches  upon  filing  a  copy  of  the  code  with  the  central  office  and  under  such 
other  regulations  as  may  be  formulated  by  the  general  commanding  an  army  in  the 
field. 

6.  The  chief  signal  officer  of  an  army  operating  in  the  field,  or  of  a  district  under 
military  control,  in  carrying  out  his  general  instructions  will  formulate  necessary 
regulations  for  the  management  and  operation  of  military  telegraph  lines  under  his 
control.     General  rules  should  be  reduced  to  writing,  be  clearly  defined,  and  impar- 
tially enforced. 

1594.  The  department  commander  will  supplement  the  operations  of  the  Signal 
Corps  of  the  Army  by  such  instruction  in  practice  in  military  signaling  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  public  service.     He  will  cause  each  troop,  battery,  and  company 
commander  to  have  at  all  times  at  least  two  available  enlisted  men  able  to  exchange 
messages  in  the  Army  and  Navy  code  at  short  distances  by  flag. 

1595.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  willfully  or  maliciously  injure  or  destroy 
any  of  the  works  or  property  or  material  of  any  telegraphic  line  constructed  and 


228  UNIFORM MANUALS BLANK   FORMS. 

owned,  or  in  process  of  construction,  by  the  United  States,  or  that  may  be  hereafter 
constructed  and  owned  or  occupied  and  controlled  by  the  United  States,  or  who  shall 
willfully  or  maliciously  interfere  in  any  way  with  the  working  or  use  of  any  such  tele- 
graphic line,  or  who  shall  willfully  or  maliciously  obstruct,  hinder,  or  delay  the  trans- 
mission of  any  communication  over  any  such  telegraphic  line,  shall  be  deemed  guilty 
of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  on  conviction  thereof  in  any  district  court  of  the  United 
States  having  jurisdiction  of  the  same,  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than 
$100  nor  more  than  $1,000,  or  with  imprisonment  for  a  term  not  exceeding  three 
years,  or  with  both,  in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

1596.  Code  cards  and  instructions  for  visual  signaling  will  be  furnished  by  the 
Chief  Signal  Officer  of  the  Army  upon  application.     Signal  supplies  will  be  furnished 
by  the  Signal  Bureau  to  posts  and  such  organizations  as  require  them  on  requisitions 
approved  by  department  commanders.     They  will  be  receipted  for  by  signal  officers, 
and  will  be  accounted  for  to  the  Chief  Signal  Officer  on  forms  furnished  for  the 
purpose. 

1597.  Signal  supplies  will  be  issued  to  the  organized  militia  of  the  several  States, 
Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  ''An 
act  to  promote  the  efficiency  of  the  militia,  and  for  other  purposes,"  upon  proper 
requisition  therefor. 

1598.  Telescopes,  field  glasses,  telephones,  and  expensive  electrical  apparatus  of 
the  Signal  Corps  when  unserviceable  will  not  be  submitted  to  an  inspector  for  con- 
demnation without  previous  authority  of  the  Chief  Signal  Officer. 

1599.  Quartermasters  and  commissaries  will  issue  to  signal  parties  serving  in 
their  vicinity,  on  the  requisition  of  the  officer  in  charge,  such  supplies  from  their 
respective  departments  as  may  be  necessary  for  their  proper  equipment  and  subsistence. 

1600.  Electrical  engineers  and  other  technical  employees  of  the  Signal  Corps 
shall,  while  serving  on  transports  or  other  Government  vessels  used  as  cable  ships, 
be  entitled  to  subsistence  in  the  same  manner  as  employees  of  the  Quartermaster's 
and  Commissary  departments  serving  thereon. 

ARTICLE  LXXXI. 

UNIFORM. 

1601.  The  uniform  and  equipments  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  will  be  prescribed 
in  special  regulations  published  by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

ARTICLE  LXXXII. 

MANUALS  OF  STAFF  DEPARTMENTS  AND  BLANK  FORMS. 

1602.  Manuals  issued  by  the  Staff  Departments  and  approved  by  the  Secretary 
of  War,  when  not  in  conflict  with  any  of  the  provisions  of  these  regulations,  will 
have  equal  force  therewith. 

1603.  The  standard  blank  forms  used  in  Army  administration,  with  the  notes 
and  directions  thereon,  have  the  force  and  effect  of  Army  Regulations.     New  forms 
or  alterations  will  not  be  made  without  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  and 
the  date  on  which  a  form  or  alteration  was  authorized  will  be  printed  on  the  form 
itself.     All  notes  or  directions  on  these  blanks  will,  prior  to  their  issue,  be  approved 
by  the  Secretary  of  War.     These  forms  and  lists  of  them  will  be  furnished  by  the 
chiefs  of  the  various  bureaus  and  offices  of  the  War  Department.      Requisitions 
therefor  will  call  for  them  by  number  and  name. 

1604.  Manuscript  returns,  rolls,  certificates,  and  other  documents  are  prohibited, 
when  the  proper  printed  forms  are  on  hand. 


ARTICLES  OF  WAR. 


SECTION  1342,  Revised  Statutes.  The  armies  of  the  United  States  shall  be  governed 
by  the  following  rules  and  articles.  The  word  officer,  as  used  therein,  shall  be 
understood  to  designate  commissioned  officers;  the  word  soldier  shall  be  understood 
to  include  noncommissioned  officers,  musicians,  artificers,  privates,  and  other 
enlisted  men,  and  the  convictions  mentioned  therein  shall  be  understood  to  be  con- 
victions by  court-martial. 

ARTICLE  1.  Every  officer  now  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  shall,  within  six 
months  from  the  passing  of  this  act,  and  every  officer  hereafter  appointed  shall, 
before  he  enters  upon  the  duties  of  his  office  subscribe  these  rules  and  articles. 

ART.  2.  These  rules  and  articles  shall  be  read  to  every  enlisted  man  at  the  time  of 
or  within  six  days  after  his  enlistment,  and  he  shall  thereupon  take  an  oath  or  affir- 
mation in  the  following  form:  "I,  A.  B.,  do  solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will 
bear  true  faith  and  allegiance  to  the  United  States  of  America;  that  I  will  serve  them 
honestly  and  faithfully  against  all  their  enemies  whomsoever;  and  that  I  will  obey 
the  orders  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  and  the  orders  of  the  officers 
appointed  over  me,  according  to  the  rules  and  articles  of  war."  This  oath  may  be 
taken  before  any  commissioned  officer  of  the  Army. 

ART.  3.  Every  officer  who  knowingly  enlists  or  musters  into  the  military  service 
any  minor  over  the  age  of  16  years  without  the  written  consent  of  his  parents  or 
guardian,  or  any  minor  under  the  age  of  16  years,  or  any  insane  or  intoxicated  per- 
sons, or  any  deserter  from  the  military  or  naval  service  of  the  United  States,  or  any 
person  who  has  been  convicted  of  any  infamous  criminal  offense,  shall,  upon  convic- 
tion, be  dismissed  from  the  service,  or  suffer  such  other  punishment  as  a  court- 
martial  may  direct. 

ART.  4.  No  enlisted  man,  duly  sworn,  shall  be  discharged  from  the  service  without 
a  discharge  in  writing,  signed  by  a  field  officer  of  the  regiment  to  which  he  belongs, 
or  by  the  commanding  officer  when  no  field  officer  is  present;  and  no  discharge  shall 
be  given  to  any  enlisted  man  before  his  term  of  service  has  expired  except  by  order 
of  the  President,  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  commanding  officer  of  a  department,  or 
.  by  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial. 

ART.  5.  Any  officer  who  knowingly  musters  as  a  soldier  a  person  who  is  not  a 
soldier  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  knowingly  making  a  false  muster  and  punished 
accordingly. 

ART.  6.  Any  officer  who  takes  money,  or  other  thing,  by  way  of  gratification,  on 
mustering  any  regiment,  troop,  battery,  or  company,  or  on  signing  muster  rolls, 
shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service,  and  shall  thereby  be  disabled  to  hold  any  office 
or  employment  in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 

ART.  7.  Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment,  an  independent  troop,  battery,  or 
company,  or  a  garrison,  shall,  in  the  beginning  of  every  month,  transmit  through 
the  proper  channels,  to  the  Department  of  War,  an  exact  return  of  the  same,  specify- 
ing the  names  of  the  officers  then  absent  from  their  posts,  with  the  reasons  for  and 

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230  ARTICLES    OF    WAR. 

the  time  of  their  absence.  And  any  officer  who,  through  neglect  or  design,  omits  to 
send  such  returns,  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may 
direct. 

ART.  8.  Every  officer  who  knowingly  makes  a  false  return  to  the  Department  of 
War,  or  to  any  of  his  superior  officers  authorized  to  call  for  such  returns,  of  the  state 
of  the  regiment,  troop  or  company,  or  garrison  under  his  command;  or  of  the  arms, 
ammunition,  clothing,  or  other  stores  thereunto  belonging,  shall,  on  conviction 
thereof  before  a  court-martial,  be  cashiered. 

ART.  9.  All  public  stores  taken  from  the  enemy  shall  be  secured  for  the  service  of 
the  United  States;  and  for  neglect  thereof  the  commanding  officer  shall  be  answer- 
able. 

ART.  10.  Every  officer  commanding  a  troop,  battery,  or  company  is  charged  with 
the  arms,  accouterments,  ammunition,  clothing,  or  other  military  stores  belonging 
to  his  command,  and  is  accountable  to  his  colonel  in  case  of  their  being  lost,  spoiled, 
or  damaged  otherwise  than  by  unavoidable  accident,  or  on  actual  service. 

ART.  11.  Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment  or  an  independent  troop,  battery, 
or  company,  not  in  the  field,  may,  when  actually  quartered  with  such  command, 
grant  furloughs  to  the  enlisted  men  in  such  numbers  and  for  such  time  as  he  shall 
deem  consistent  with  the  good  of  the  service.  Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment, 
or  an  independent  troop,  battery,  or  company,  in  the  field,  may  grant  furloughs  not 
exceeding  thirty  days  at  one  time,  to  five  per  centum  of  the  enlisted  men,  for  good 
conduct  in  the  line  of  duty,  but  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  commander  of  the 
forces  of  which  said  enlisted  men  form  a  part.  Every  company  officer  of  a  regiment, 
commanding  any  troop,  battery,  or  company  not  in  the  field,  or  commanding  in  any 
garrison,  fort,  post,  or  barrack,  may,  in  the  absence  of  his  field  officer,  grant  fur- 
loughs to  the  enlisted  men  for  a  time  not  exceeding  twenty  days  in  six  months,  and 
not  to  more  than  two  persons  to  be  absent  at  the  same  time. 

ART.  12.  At  every  muster  of  a  regiment,  troop,  battery,  or  company,  the  command- 
ing officer  thereof  shall  give  to  the  mustering  officer  certificates,  signed  by  himself, 
stating  how  long  absent  officers  have  been  absent  and  the  reasons  of  their  absence. 
And  the  commanding  officer  of  every  troop,  battery,  or  company  shall  give  like 
certificates,  stating  how  long  absent  noncommissioned  officers  and  private  soldiers 
have  been  absent  and  the  reasons  of  their  absence.  Such  reasons  and  time  of  absence 
shall  be  inserted  in  the  muster  rolls  opposite  the  names  of  the  respective  absent 
officers  and  soldiers,  and  the  certificates,  together  with  the  muster  rolls,  shall  be 
transmitted  by  the  mustering  officer  to  the  Department  of  War  as  speedily  as  the 
distance  of  the  place  and  muster  will  admit. 

ART.  13.  Every  officer  who  signs  a  false  certificate,  relating  to  the  absence  or  pay 
of  an  officer  or  soldier,  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

ART.  14.  Any  officer  who  knowingly  makes  a  false  muster  of  man  or  horse,  or 
who  signs,  or  directs,  or  allows  the  signing  of  any  muster  roll,  knowing  the  same  to 
contain  a  false  muster,  shall,  upon  proof  thereof,  by  two  witnesses,  before  a  court- 
martial,  be  dismissed  from  the  service,  and  shall  thereby  be  disabled  to  hold  any 
office  or  employment  in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 

ART.  15.  Any  officer  who,  willfully  or  through  neglect,  suffers  to  be  lost,  spoiled,  or 
damaged  any  military  stores  belonging  to  the  United  States,  shall  make  good  the 
loss  or  damage,  and  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

ART.  16.  Any  enlisted  man  who  sells,  or  willfully  or  through  neglect,  wastes  the 
ammunition  delivered  out  to  him,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  17.  Any  soldier  who  sells  or,  through  neglect,  loses  or  spoils  his  horse,  arms, 
clothing,  or  accouterments,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  adjudge,  subject 
to  such  limitation  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  President  by  virtue  of  the  powei 
vested  in  him.  [Act  of  July  27,  1892.] 


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ART.  18.  Any  officer  commanding  in  any  garrison,  fort,  or  barracks  of  the  United 
States  who,  for  his  private  advantage,  lays  any  duty  or  imposition  upon,  or  is  inter- 
ested in,  the  sale  of  any  victuals,  liquors,  or  other  necessaries  of  life  brought  into 
such  garrison,  fort,  or  barracks  for  the  use  of  the  soldiers,  shall  be  dismissed  from 
the  service. 

ART.  19.  Any  officer  who  uses  contemptuous  or  disrespectful  words  against  the 
President,  the  Vice-President,  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  or  the  chief  magis- 
trate or  legislature  of  any  of  the  United  States  in  which  he  is  quartered,  shall  be 
dismissed  from  the  service,  or  otherwise  punished,  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 
Any  soldier  who  so  offends  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  20.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  behaves  himself  with  disrespect  towards  his 
commanding  officer  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  21.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who,  on  any  pretense  whatsoever,  strikes  his  supe- 
rior officer,  or  draws  or  lifts  up  any  weapon,  or  offers  any  violence  against  him,  being 
in  the  execution  of  his  office,  or  disobeys  any  lawful  command  of  his  superior  officer, 
shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  22.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  begins,  excites,  causes,  or  joins  in  any  mutiny, 
or  sedition,  in  any  troop,  battery,  company,  party,  post,  detachment,  or  guard,  shall 
suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  23.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who,  being  present  at  any  mutiny  or  sedition,  does 
not  use  his  utmost  endeavor  to  suppress  the  same,  or  having  knowledge  of  any 
intended  mutiny  or  sedition,  does  not,  without  delay,  give  information  thereof  to  his 
commanding  officer,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

ART.  24.  All  officers,  of  what  condition  soever,  have  power' to  part  and  quell  all 
quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  whether  among  persons  belonging  to  his  own  or  to 
another  corps,  regiment,  troop,  battery,  or  company,  and  to  order  officers  into  arrest, 
and  noncommissioned  officers  and  soldiers  into  confinement,  who  take  part  in  the 
same,  until  their  proper  superior  officer  is  acquainted  therewith.  And  whosoever, 
being  so  ordered,  refuses  to  obey  such  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer,  or  draws  a 
weapon  upon  him,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  25.  No  officer  or  soldier  shall  use  any  reproachful  or  provoking  speeches  or- 
gestures  to  another.  Any  officer  who  so  offends  shall  be  put  in  arrest.  Any  soldier 
who  so  offends  shall  be  confined  and  required  to  ask  pardon  of  the  party  offended 
in  the  presence  of  his  commanding  officer. 

ART.  26.  No  officer  or  soldier  shall  send  a  challenge  to  another  officer  or  soldier  to 
fight  a  duel,  or  accept  a  challenge  so  sent.  Any  officer  who  so  offends  shall  be  dis- 
missed from  the  service.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends  shall  suffer  such  punishment 
as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  27.  Any  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer,  commanding  a  guard,  who  know- 
ingly and  willingly  suffers  any  person  to  go  forth  to  fight  a  duel  shall  be  punished 
as  a  challenger;  and  all  seconds  or  promoters  of  duels,  and  carriers  of  challenges  to 
fight  duels,  shall  be  deemed  principals,  and  punished  accordingly.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  any  officer  commanding  an  army,  regiment,  troop,  battery,  company,  post, 
or  detachment,  who  knows  or  has  reason  to  believe  that  a  challenge  has  been  given 
or  accepted  by  any  officer  or  enlisted  man  under  his  command,  immediately  to  arrest 
the  offender  and  bring  him  to  trial. 

ART.  28.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  upbraids  another  officer  or  soldier  for  refusing 
a  challenge  shall  himself  be  punished  as  a  challenger;  and  all  officers  and  soldiers  are 
hereby  discharged  from  any  disgrace  or  opinion  of  disadvantage  which  might  arise 
from  their  having  refused  to  accept  challenges,  as  they  will  only  have  acted  in  obe- 
dience to  the  law.  and  have  done  their  duty  as  good  soldiers,  who  subject  themselves 
to  discipline. 


232  ARTICLES    OF    WAR. 

ART.  29.  Any  officer  who  thinks  himself  wronged  by  the  commanding  officer  of 
his  regiment,  and,  upon  due  application  to  such  commander,  is  refused  redress,  may 
complain  to  the  general  commanding  in  the  State  or  Territory  where  such  regiment 
is  stationed.  The  general  shall  examine  into  said  complaint  and  take  proper  meas- 
ures for  redressing  the  wrong  complained  of;  and  he  shall,  as  soon  as  possible,  trans- 
mit to  the  Department  of  War  a  true  statement  of  such  complaint,  with  the  pro- 
ceedings had  thereon. 

ART.  30.  Any  soldier  who  thinks  himself  wronged  by  any  officer  may  complain  to 
the  commanding  officer  of  his  regiment,  who  shall  summon  a  regimental  court-mar- 
tial for  the  doing  of  justice  to  the  complainant.  Either  party  may  appeal  from  such 
regimental  court-martial  to  a  general  court-martial;  but  if,  upon  such  second  hearing, 
the  appeal  appears  to  be  groundless  and  vexatious,  the  party  appealing  shall  be 
punished  at  the  discretion  of  said  general  court-martial. 

ART.  31.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  lies  out  of  his  quarters,  garrison,  or  camp, 
without  leave  from  his  superior  officer,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may 
direct. 

ART.  32.  Any  soldier  who  absent  himself  from  his  troop,  battery,  company,  or 
detachment,  without  leave  from  his  commanding  officer,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court- 
martial  may  direct. 

ART.  33.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  fails,  except  when  prevented  by  sickness  or 
other  necessity,  to  repair,  at  the  fixed  time,  to  the  place  of  parade,  exercise,  or  other 
rendezvous  appointed  by  his  commanding  officer,  or  goes  from  the  same,  without 
leave  from  his  commanding  officer,  before  he  is  dismissed  or  relieved,  shall  be  pun- 
ished as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  34.  Any  soldier  who  is  found  one  mile  from  camp,  without  leave  in  writing 
from  his  commanding  officer,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  35.  Any  soldier  who  fails  to  retire  to  his  quarters  or  tent  at  the  beating  of 
retreat  shall  be  punished  according  to  the  nature  of  his  offense. 

ART.  36.  No  soldier  belonging  to  any  regiment,  troop,  battery,  or  company  shall 
hire  another  to  do  his  duty  for  him,  or  be  excused  from  duty,  except  in  cases  of  sick- 
ness, disability,  or  leave  of  absence.  Every  such  soldier  found  guilty  of  hiring  his 
duty,  and  the  person  so  hired  to  do  another's  dut>,  shall  be  punished  as  a  court- 
martial  may  direct. 

ART.  37.  Every  noncommissioned  officer  who  connives  at  such  hiring  of  duty  shall 
be  reduced. "  Every  officer  who  knows  and  allows  such  practices  shall  be  punished 
as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  38.  Any  officer  who  is  found  drunk  on  his  guard,  party,  or  other  duty  shall 
be  dismissed  from  the  service.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends  shall  suffer  such  punish, 
ment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct.  No  court-martial  shall  sentence  any  soldier 
to  be  branded,  marked,  or  tattooed. 

ART.  39.  Any  sentinel  who  is  found  sleeping  upon  his  post,  or  who  leaves  it  before 
he  is  regularly  relieved,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

ART.  40.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  quits  his  guard,  platoon,  or  division  without 
leave  from  his  superior  officer,  except  in  a  case  of  urgent  necessity,  shall  be  punished 
as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  41.  Any  officer  who,  by  any  means  whatsoever,  occasions  false  alarms  in  camp, 
garrison,  or  quarters  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial 
may  direct. 

ART.  42.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  misbehaves  himself  before  the  enemy,  runs 
away,  or  shamefully  abandons  any  fort,  post,  or  guard,  which  he  is  commanded  to 


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defend,  or  speaks  words  inducing  others  to  do  the  like,  or  casts  away  his  arms  or 
ammunition,  or  quits  his  post  or  colors  to  plunder  or  pillage,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such 
other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  43.  If  any  commander  of  any  garrison,  fortress,  or  post  is  compelled,  by  the 
officers  and  soldiers  under  his  command,  to  give  up  to  the  enemy  or  to  abandon  it, 
the  officers  or  soldiers  so  offending  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a 
court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  44.  Any  person  belonging  to  the  armies  of  the  United  States' who  makes  known 
the  watchword  to  any  person  not  entitled  to  receive  it,  according  to  the  rules  and 
discipline  of  war,  or  presumes  to  give  a  parole  or  watchword  different  from  that  which 
he  received,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may 
direct. 

ART.  45.  Whosoever  relieves  the  enemy  with  money,  victuals,  or  ammunitions,  or 
knowingly  harbors  or  protects  an  enemy,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punish- 
ment as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  46.  Whosoever  holds  correspondence  with,  or  gives  intelligence  to,  the  enemy, 
either  directly  or  indirectly,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court- 
martial  may  direct. 

ART.  47.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who,  having  received  pay,  or  having  been  duly 
enlisted  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  deserts  the  same,  shall,  in  time  of  war, 
suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct;  and  in  time  of 
peace,  any  punishment,  excepting  death,  which  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  48.  Every  soldier  who  deserts  the  service  of  the  United  States  shall  be  liable 
to  serve  for  such  period  as  shall,  with  the  time  he  may  have  served  previous  to  his 
desertion,  amount  to  the  full  term  of  his  enlistment;  and  such  soldier  shall  be  tried 
by  a  court-martial  and  punished,  although  the  term  of  his  enlistment  may  have 
elapsed  previous  to  his  being  apprehended  and  tried. 

ART.  49.  Any  officer  who,  having  tendered  his  resignation,  quits  his  post  or  proper 
duties,  without  leave,  and  with  intent  to  remain  permanently  absent  therefrom,  prior 
to  due  notice  of  the  acceptance  of  the  same,  shall  be  deemed  and  punished  as  a 
deserter. 

ART.  50.  No  noncommissioned  officer  or  soldier  shall  enlist  himself  in  any  other 
regiment,-  troop,  or  company,  without  a  regular  discharge  from  the  regiment,  troop,  or 
company  in  which  he  last  served,  on  a  penalty  of  being  reputed  a  deserter,  and  suf- 
fering accordingly.  And  in  case  any  officer  shall  knowingly  receive  and  entertain 
such  noncommissioned  officer  or  soldier,  or  shall  not,  after  his  being  discovered  to  be 
a  deserter,  immediately  confine  him  and  give  notice  thereof  to  the  corps  in  which  he 
last  served,  the  said  officer  shall,  by  court-martial,  be  cashiered. 

ART.  51.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  advises  or  persuades  any  other  officer  or  soldier 
to  desert  the  service  of  the  United  States,  shall,  in  time  of  war,  suffer  death  or  such 
other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  direct;  and  in  time  of  peace,  any  punish- 
ment, excepting  death,  which  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  52.  It  is  earnestly  recommended  to  all  officers  and  soldiers  diligently  to 
attend  divine  service.  Any  officer  who  behaves  indecently  or  irreverently  at  any 
place  of  divine  worship  shall  be  brought  before  a  general  court-martial,  there  to  be 
publicly  and  severely  reprimanded  by  the  president  thereof.  Any  soldier  who  so 
offends  shall,  for  his  first  offense,  forfeit  one-sixth  of  a  dollar;  for  each  further  offense 
he  shall  forfeit  a  like  sum,  and  shall  be  confined  twenty-four  hours.  The  money  so 
forfeited  shall  be  deducted  from  his  next  pay,  and  shall  be  applied,  by  the  captain 
or  senior  officer  of  his  troop,  battery,  or  company,  to  the  use  of  the  sick  soldiers  of 
the  same. 


234  AETICLES    OF    WAE. 

ART.  53.  Any  officer  who  uses  any  profane  oath  or  execration  shall,  for  each  offense, 
forfeit  and  pay  one  dollar.  Any  soldier  who  so  offends  shall  incur  the  penalties  pro- 
vided in  the  preceding  article;  and  all  moneys  forfeited  for  such  offenses  shall  be 
applied  as  therein  provided. 

ART.  54.  Every  officer  commanding  in  quarters,  garrison,  or  on  the  march,  shall 
keep  good  order,  and,  to  the  utmest  of  his  power,  redress  all  abuses  or  disorders 
which  may  be  committed  by  any  officer  or  soldier  under  his  command;  and  if,  upon 
complaint  made  to  him  of  officers  or  soldiers  beating  or  otherwise  ill-treating  any  per- 
son, disturbing  fairs  or  markets,  or  committing  any  kind  of  riot,  to  the  disquieting  of 
the  citizens  of  the  United  States,  he  refuses  or  omits  to  see  justice  done  to  the 
offender,  and  reparation  made  to  the  party  injured,  so  far  as  part  of  the  offender's 
pay  shall  go  toward  such  reparation,  he  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service,  or  other- 
wise punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct, 

ART.  55.  All  officers  and  soldiers  are  to  behave  themselves  orderly  in  quarters  and 
on  the  march;  and  whoever  commits  any  waste  or  spoil,  either  in  walks  or  trees, 
parks,  warrens,  fish  ponds,  houses,  gardens,  grain  fields,  inclosures,  or  meadows,  or 
maliciously  destroys  any  property  whatsoever  belonging  to  inhabitants  of  the  United 
States  (unless  by  order  of  a  general  officer  commanding  a  separate  army  in  the  field) 
phall,  besides  such  penalties  as  he  may  be  liable  to  by  law,  be  punished  as  a  court- 
martial  may  direct. 

ART.  56.  Any  officer  or  soldier  who  does  violence  to  any  person  bringing  provi- 
sions or  other  necessaries  to  the  camp,  garrison,  or  quarters  of  the  forces  of  the 
United  States  in  foreign  parts,  shall  suffer  death,  or  such  other  punishment  as  a 
court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  57.  Whosoever,  belonging  to  the  armies  of  the  United  States  in  foreign  parts, 
or  at  any  place  within  the  United  States  or  their  Territories  during  rebellion  against 
the  supreme  authority  of  the  United  States,  forces  a  safeguard,  shall  suffer  death. 

ART.  58.  In  time  of  war,  insurrection,  or  rebellion,  larceny,  robbery,  burglary, 
arson,  mayhem,  manslaughter,  murder,  assault  and  battery  with  an  intent  to  kill, 
wounding,  by  shooting  or  stabbing,  with  an  intent  to  commit  murder,  rape,  or 
assault  and  battery  with  an  intent  to  commit  rape,  shall  be  punishable  by  the  sen- 
tence of  a  general  court-martial,  when  committed  by  persons  in  the  military  service 
of  the  United  States,  and  the  punishment  in  any  such  case  shall  not  be  less  than  the 
punishment  provided  for  the  like  offense  by  the  laws  of  the  State,  Territory,  01 
district  in  which  such  offense  may  have  been  committed. 

ART.  59.  When  any  officer  or  soldier  is  accused  of  a  capital  crime,  or  of  any  offense 
against  the  person  or  property  of  any  citizen  of  any  of  the  United  States,  which  i; 
punishable  by  the  laws  of  the  land,  the  commanding  officer,  and  the  officers  of  th< 
regiment,  troop,  battery,  company,  or  detachment,  to  which  the  person  so  accuse< 
belongs,  are  required,  except  in  time  of  war,  upon  application  duly  made  by  or  ii 
behalf  of  the  party  injured,  to  use  their  utmost  endeavors  to  deliver  him  over  to  th 
civil  magistrate,  and  to  aid  the  officers  of  justice  in  apprehending  and  securing  hirr 
in  order  to  bring  him  to  trial.     If,  upon  such  application,  any  officer  refuses  or  wi 
fully  neglects,  except  in  time  of  war,  to  deliver  over  such  accused  person  to  the  civ  , 
magistrates,  or  to  aid  the  officers  of  justice  in  apprehending  him,  he  shall  be  dismisse  I 
from  the  service. 

ART.  60.  Any  person  in  the  military  service  of  the  United  States  who  makes  <  r 
causes  to  be  made  any  claim  against  the  United  States,  or  any  officer  thereof,  knowii  * 
such  claim  to  be  false  or  fraudulent;  or 

Who  presents  or  causes  to  be  presented  to  any  person  in  the  civil  or  military  servi  e 
thereof,  for  approval  or  payment,  any  claim  against  the  United  States  or  any  offic  r 
thereof,  knowing  such  claim  to  be  false  or  fraudulent;  or 


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Who  enters  into  any  agreement  or  conspiracy  to  defraud  the  United  States  by 
obtaining,  or  aiding  others  to  obtain,  the  allowance  or  payment  of  any  false  or 
fraudulent  claim;  or 

Who,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining,  or  aiding  others  to  obtain,  the  approval,  allow- 
ance, or  payment  of  any  claim  against  the  United  States  or  against  any  officer  thereof, 
makes  or  uses,  or  procures  or  advises  the  making  or  use  of,  any  writing,  or  other 
paper,  knowing  the  same  to  contain  any  false  or  fraudulent  statement;  or  . 

Who,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining,  or  aiding  others  to  obtain,  the  approval,  allow- 
ance, or  payment  of  any  claim  against  the  United  States  or  any  officer  thereof ,  makes, 
or  procures  or  advises  the  making  of,  any  oath  to  any  fact  or  to  any  writing  or  other 
paper,  knowing  such  oath  to  be  false;  or 

Who,  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining,  or  aiding  others  to  obtain,  the  approval,  allow- 
ance, or  payment  of  any  claim  against  the  United  States  or  any  officer  thereof,  forges 
or  counterfeits,  or  procures  or  advises  the  forging  or  counterfeiting  of,  any  signature 
upon  any  writing  or  other  paper,  or  uses,  or  procures  or  advises  the  use  of,'  any  such 
signature,  knowing  the  same  to  be  forged  or  counterfeited;  or 

Who,  having  charge,  possession,  custody,  or  control  of  any  money  or  other  prop- 
erty of  the  United  States,  furnished  or  intended  for  the  military  service  thereof, 
knowingly  delivers,  or  causes  to  be  delivered,  to  any  person  having  authority  to 
receive  the  same,  any  amount  thereof  less  than  that  for  which  he  receives  a  certifi- 
cate or  receipt;  or 

Who,  being  authorized  to  make  or  deliver  any  paper  certifying  the  receipt  of  any 
property  of  the  United  States,  furnished  or  intended  .for  the  military  service  thereof, 
makes  or  delivers  to  any  person,  such  writing,  without  having  full  knowledge  of  the 
truth  of  the  statements  therein  contained,  and  with  intent  to  defraud  the  United 
States;  or 

Who  steals,  embezzles,  knowingly  and  wilfully  misappropriates,  applies  to  his 
own  use  or  benefit,  or  wrongfully  or  knowingly  sells  or  disposes  of  any  ordnance, 
arms,  equipments,  ammunition,  clothing,  subsistence  stores,  money,  or  other 
property  of  the  United  States,  furnished  or  intended  for  the  military  service 
thereof;  or 

Who  knowingly  purchases,  or  receives  in  pledge  for  any  obligation  or  indebtedness? 
from  any  soldier,  officer,  or  other  person  who  is  a  part  of  or  employed  in  said  forces 
or  service,  any  ordnance,  arms,  equipments,  ammunition,  clothing,  subsistence 
stores,  or  other  property  of  the  United  States,  such  soldier,  officer,  or  other  person 
not  having  lawful  right  to  sell  or  pledge  the  same, 

Shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  be  punished  by  fine  or  imprisonment  or  by  such 
other  punishment  as  a  court-martial  may  adjudge,  or  by  any  or  all  of  said  penalties. 
And  if  any  person,  being  guilty  of  any  of  the  offenses  aforesaid,  while  in  the  military 
service  of  the  United  States,  receives  his  discharge,  or  is  dismissed  from  the  service, 
he  shall  continue  to  be  liable  to  be  arrested  and  held  for  trial  and  sentence  by 
a  court-martial,  in  the  same  manner  and  to  the  same  extent  as  if  he  had  not 
received  such  discharge  nor  been  dismissed.  [Act  of  March  2,  1901.] 

ART.  61.  Any  officer  who  is  convicted  of  conduct  unbecoming  an  officer  and  a  gentle- 
man shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

ART.  62.  All  crimes  not  capital,  and  all  disorders  and  neglects,  which  officers  and 
soldiers  may  be  guilty  of,  to  the  prejudice  of  good  order  and  military  discipline, 
though  not  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  articles  of  war,  are  to  be  taken  cognizance 
of  by  a  general,  or  a  regimental,  garrison,  or  field  officers'  court-martial,  according 
to  the  nature  and  degree  of  the  offense,  and  punished  at  the  discretion  of  such 
court.1 

1SEC.  3.  That  fraudulent  enlistment,  end  the  receipt  of  any  pay  or  allowance  thereunder.^s  hereby 
declared  a  military  offense,  and  made  punishable  by  court-martial,  under  the  sixty-second  article  of 
war.— [Act  approved  July  27,  1892.] 


236  ARTICLES    OF    WAR. 

ART.  63.  All  retainers  to  the  camp,  and  all  persons  serving  with  the  armies  of  the 
United  States  in  the  field,  though  not  enlisted  soldiers,  are  to  be  subject  to  orders, 
according  to  the  rules  and  discipline  of  war. 

ART.  64.  The  officers  and  soldiers  of  any  troops,  whether  militia  or  others,  mustered 
and  in  pay  of  the  United  States,  shall,  at  all  times  and  in  all  places,  be  governed  by 
the  articles  of  war,  and  shall  be  subject  to  be  tried  by  courts-martial. 

ART.  65.  Officers  charged  with  crime  shall  be  arrested  and  confined  in  their  bar- 
racks, quarters,  or  tents,  and  deprived  of  their  swords  by  the  commanding  officer. 
And  any  officer  who  leaves  his  confinement  before  he  is  set  at  liberty  by  his  com- 
manding officer  shall  be  dismissed  from  the  service. 

ART.  66.  Soldiers  charged  with  crimes  shall  be  confined  until  tried  by  court-martial, 
or  released  by  proper  authority. 

ART.  67.  No  provost-marshal,  or  officer  commanding  a  guard,  shall  refuse  to 
receive  or.keep  any  prisoner  committed  to  his  charge  by  an  officer  belonging  to  the 
forces  of  the  United  States;  provided  the  officer  committing  shall,  at  the  same  time, 
deliver  an  account  in  writing,  signed  by  himself,  of  the  crime  charged  against  the 
prisoner. 

ART.  68.  Every  officer  to  whose  charge  a  prisoner  is  committed  shall,  within  twenty- 
four  hours  after  such  commitment,  or  as  soon  as  he  is  relieved  from  his  guard,  report 
in  writing,  to  the  commanding  officer,  the  name  of  such  prisoner,  the  crime  charged 
against  him,  and  the  name  of  the  officer  committing  him;  and,  if  he  fails  to  make 
such  report,  he  shall  be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  69.  Any  officer  who  presumes,  without  proper  authority,  to  release  any  pris- 
oner committed  to  his  charge,  or  suffers  any  prisoner  so  committed  to  escape,  shall 
be  punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

ART.  70.  No  officer  or  soldier  put  in  arrest  shall  be  continued  in  confinement  more 
than  eight  days,  or  until  such  time  as  a  court-martial  can  be  assembled. 

ART.  71.  When  an  officer  is  put  in  arrest  for  the  purpose  of  trial,  except  at  remote 
military  posts  or  stations,  the  officer  by  whose  order  he  is  arrested  shall  see  that  a 
copy  of  the  charges  on  which  he  is  to  be  tried  is  served  upon  him  within  eight  days 
after  his  arrest,  and  that  he  is  brought  to  trial  within  ten  days  thereafter,  unless  the 
necessities  of  the  service  prevent  such  trial;  and  then  he  shall  be  brought  to  trial 
within  thirty  days  after  the  expiration  of  said  ten  days.  If  a  copy  of  the  charges  be 
not  served,  or  the  arrested  officer  be  not  brought  to  trial,  as  herein  required,  the 
arrest  shall  cease.  But  officers  released  from  arrest,  under  the  provisions  of  thif 
article,  may  be  tried,  whenever  the  exigencies  of  the  service  shall  permit,  withir 
twelve  months  after  such  release  from  arrest. 

ART.  72.  Any  general  officer  commanding  an  army,  a  territorial  division  or  i 
department,  or  colonel  commanding  a  separate  department  may  appoint  genera 
courts-martial  whenever  necessary.  But  when  any  such  commander  is  the  accuse 
or  prosecutor  of  any  officer  under  his  command  the  court  shall  be  appointed  by  th 
President;  and  its  proceedings  and  sentence  shall  be  sent  directly  to  the  Secretary  c 
War,  by  whom  they  shall  be  laid  before  the  President,  for  his  approval  or  orders  i 
the  case.  [Act  of  July  5,  1884.] 

ART.  73.  In  tune  of  war  the  commander  of  a  division,  or  of  a  separate  brigade  <  : 
troops,  shall  be  competent  to  appoint  a  general  court-martial.  But  when  such  con  • 
mander  is  the  accuser  or  prosecutor  of  any  person  under  his  command,  the  cou  t 
shall  be  appointed  by  the  next  higher  commander. 

ART.  74.  Officers  who  may  appoint  a  court-martial  shall  be  competent  to  appoi:  t 
a  judge-advocate  for  the  same. 

ART.  75.  General  courts-martial  may  consist  of  any  number  of  officers  from  five  ) 
thirteen,  inclusive;  but  they  shall  not  consist  of  less  than  thirteen  when  that  nui  - 
ber  can  be  convened  without  manifest  injury  to  the  service 


ARTICLES    OF    WAK.  237 

ART.  76.  When  the  requisite  number  of  officers  to  form  a  general  court-martial  is 
not  present  in  any  post  or  detachment,  the  commanding  officer  shall,  in  cases  which 
require  the  cognizance  of  such  a  court,  report  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
department,  who  shall  thereupon  order  a  court  to  be  assembled  at  the  nearest  post 
or  department  at  which  there  may  be  such  a  requisite  number  of  officers,  and  shall 
order  the  party  accused,  with  the  necessary  witnesses,  to  be  transported  to  the  place 
where  the  said  court  shall  be  assembled. 

ART.  77.  Officers  of  the  Regular  Army  shall  not  be  competent  to  sit  on  courts- 
martial  to  try  the  officers  or  soldiers  of  other  forces,  except  as  provided  in  Article  78. 

ART.  78.  Officers  of  the  Marine  Corps,  detached  for  service  with  the  Army  by 
order  of  the  President,  may  be  associated  with  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  on 
courts-martial  for  the  trial  of  offenders  belonging  to  the  Regular  Army,  or  to  forces 
of  the  Marine  Corps  so  detached;  and  in  such  cases  the  orders  of  the  senior  officer  of 
either  corps  who  may  be  present  and  duly  authorized  shall  be  obeyed. 

ART.  79.  Officers  shall  be  tried  only  by  general  courts-martial;  and  no  officer  shall, 
when  it  can  be  avoided,  be  tried  by  officers  inferior  to  him  in  rank. 

ART.  80. l  The  commanding  officer  of  each  garrison,  fort,  or  other  place,  regiment 
or  corps,  detached  battalion  or  company,  or  other  detachment  in  the  Army,  shall 
have  power  to  appoint  for  such  place  or  command,  or  in  his  discretion  for  each  bat- 
talion thereof,  a  summary  court  to  consist  of  one  officer  to  be  designated  by  him,  before 
whom  enlisted  men  who  are  to  be  tried  for  offenses,  such  as  were  prior  to  the  pas- 
sage  of  the  act  "to  promote  the  administration  of  justice  in  the  Army,"  approved 
October  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  ninety,  cognizable  by  garrison  or  regimental 
courts-martial,  and  offenses  cognizable  by  field  officers  detailed  to  try  offenders 
under  the  provisions  of  the  eightieth  and  one  hundred  and  tenth  articles  of  war, 
shall  be  brought  to  trial  within  twenty-four  hours  of  the  time  of  the  arrest,  or  as 
soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  except  when  the  accused  is  to  be  tried  by  general 
court-martial;  but  such  summary  court  may  be  appointed  and  the  officer  designated 
by  superior  authority  when  by  him  deemed  desirable;  and  the  officer  holding  the 
summary  court  shall  have  power  to  administer  oaths  and  to  hear  and  determine 
such  cases,  and  when  satisfied  of  the  guilt  of  the  accused  adjudge  the  punishment  to 
be  inflicted,  which  said  punishment  shall  not  exceed  confinement  at  hard  labor  for 
one  month  and  forfeiture  of  one  month's  pay,  and,  in  the  case  of  a  noncommissioned 
officer,  reduction  to  the  ranks  in  addition  thereto;  that  there  shall  be  a  summary 
court  record  kept  at  each  military  post  and  in  the  field  at  the  headquarters  of  the 
proper  command,  in  which  shall  be  entered  a  record  of  all  cases  heard  and  deter- 
mined and  the  action  had  thereon;  and  no  sentence  adjudged  by  said  summary 
court  shall  be  executed  until  it  shall  have  been  approved  by  the  officer  appointing 
the  court,  or  by  the  officer  commanding  for  the  time  being:  Provided,  That  when 
but  one  commissioned  officer  is  present  with  a  command  he  shall  hear  and  finally 
determine  such  cases:  And  provided  further,  That  no  one  while  holding  the  privi- 
leges of  a  certificate  of  eligibility  to  promotion  shall  be  brought  before  a  summary 
court,  and  that  noncommissioned  officers  shall  not,  if  they  object  thereto,  be  brought 
to  trial  before  summary  courts  without  the  authority  of  the  officer  competent  to 
order  their  trial  by  general  court-martial,  but  shall  in  such  case  be  brought  to  trial 
before  garrison,  regimental,  or  general  courts-martial,  as  the  case  may  be.  [Act  of 
June  18,  1898,  30  Stat.  at  Large,  483.] 

ART.  81.  Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment  or  corps  shall,  subject  to  the  pro- 
visions of  Article  80,  be  competent  to  appoint,  for  his  own  regiment  or  corps,  courts- 
martial,  consisting  of  three  officers,  to  try  offenses  not  capital. 

ART.  82.  Every  officer  commanding  a  garrison,  fort,  or  other  place  where  the 
troops  consist  of  different  corps,  shall,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  Article  80,  be  corn- 


Article  80  was  repealed  by  the  act  of  June  18, 1898  (30  Stat.  at  Large.  483). 


238  ARTICLES    OF    WAR. 

petent  to  appoint,  for  such  garrison  or  other  place,  courts-martial,  consisting  of  three 
officers,  to  try  offenses  not  capital. 

ART.  83.  Regimental  and  garrison  courts-martial  and  summary  courts  detailed 
under  existing  laws  to  try  enlisted  men  shall  not  have  power  to  try  capital  cases  or 
commissioned  officers,  but  shall  have  power  to  award  punishment  not  to  exceed  con- 
finement at  hard  labor  for  three  months,  or  forfeiture  of  three  months'  pay,  or  both; 
and  in  addition  thereto,  in  the  case  of  noncommissioned  officers,  reduction  to  the 
ranks,  and  in  the  case  of  first-class  privates  reduction  to  second-class  privates:  Pro- 
vided, That  a  summary  court  shall  not  adjudge  confinement  and  forfeiture  in  excess 
of  a  period  of  one  month,  unless  the  accused  shall  before  trial  conse"nt  in  writing  to 
trial  by  said  court;  but  in  any  case  of  refusal  to  so  consent  the  trial  may  be  had 
either  by  general,  regimental,  or  garrison  court-martial,  or  by  said  summary  court; 
but  in  case  of  trial  by  said  summary  court,  without  consent  as  aforesaid,  the  court 
shall  not  adjudge  confinement  or  forfeiture  of  pay  for  more  than  one  month.  [Act 
of  March  2, 1901.] 

ART.  84.  The  judge-advocate  shall  administer  to  each  member  of  the  court,  before 
they  proceed  upon  any  trial,  the  following  oath,  which  shall  also  be  taken  by  all 
members- ©f  regimental  and  garrison  courts-martial:  "You,  A  B,  do  swear  that  you 
will  well  and  truly  try  and  determine,  according  to  evidence,  the  matter  now  before 
you,  between  the  United  States  of  America  and  the  prisoner  to  be  tried,  and  that  you 
will  duly  administer  justice,  without  partiality,  favor,  or  affection,  according  to  the 
provisions  of  "the  rules  and  articles  for  the  government  of  the  armies  of  the  United 
States,  and  if  any  doubts  should  arise,  not  explained  by  said  articles,  then  according 
to  your  conscience,  the  best  of  your  understanding,  and  the  custom  of  war  in  like 
cases;  and  you  do  further  swear  that  you  will  not  divulge  the  sentence  of  the  court 
until  it  shall  be  published  by  the  proper  authority,  except  to  the  judge-advocate; 
neither  will  you  disclose  or  discover  the  vote  or  opinion  of  any  particular  member  of 
the  court-martial,  unless  required  to  give  evidence  thereof  as  a  witness  by  a  court  of 
justice  in  a  due  course  of  law.  So  help  you  God."  [Act  of  July  27, 1892,  27  Stat.  at 
Large,  278.] 

ART.  85.  When  the  oath  has  been  administered  to  the  members  of  a  court-martial 
the  president  of  the  court  shall  administer  to  the  judge-advocate,  or  person  officiat- 
ing as  such,  an  oath  in  the  following  form:  "  You,  A  B,  do  swear  that  you  will  not 
disclose  or  discover  the  vote  or  opinion  of  any  particular  member  of  the  court-martial, 
unless  required  to  give  evidence  thereof  as  a  witness  by  a  court  of  justice  in  due 
course  of  law;  nor  divulge  the  sentence  of  the  court  to  any  but  the  proper  authority 
until  it  shall  be  duly  disclosed  by  the  same.  So  help  you  God." 

ART.  86.  The  court-martial  may  punish,  at  discretion,  any  person  who  uses  any 
menacing  words,  signs,  or  gestures  in  its  presence,  or  who  disturbs  its  proceedings 
by  any  riot  or  disorder. 

ART.  87.  All  members  of  a  court-martial  are  to  behave  with  decency  and  calmness 

ART.  88.  Members  of  a  court-martial  may  be  challenged  by  a  prisoner,  but  onh 
for  cause  stated  to  the  court.  The  court  shall  determine  the  relevancy  and  validity 
thereof,  and  shall  not  receive  a  challenge  to  more  than  one  member  at  a  time. 

ART.  89.  When  a  prisoner,  arraigned  before  a  general  court-martial,  from  obstinacy 
and  deliberate  design,  stands  mute,  or  answers  foreign  to  the  purpose,  the  court  ma; 
proceed  to  trial  and  judgment  as  if  the  prisoner  had  pleaded  not  guilty. 

ART.  90.  The  judge-advocate,  or  some  person  deputed  by  him  or  by  the  general  o 
officer  commanding  the  Army,  detachment,  or  garrison,  shall  prosecute  in  the  nam 
of  the  United  States,  but  when  the  prisoner  has  made  his  plea  he  shall  so  far  cor 
sider  himself  counsel  for  the  prisoner  as  to  object  to  any  leading  question  to  any  < 
the  witnesses,  and  to  any  question  to  the  prisoner  the  answer  to  which  might  ten 
to  criminate  himself. 


ARTICLES    OF    WAR.  239 

ART.  91.  The  depositions  of  witnesses  residing  beyond  the  limits  of  the  State,  Ter- 
ritory, or  District  in  which  any  military  court  may  be  ordered  to  sit,  if  taken  on  rea- 
sonable notice  to  the  opposite  party  and  duly  authenticated,  may  be  read  in  evidence 
before  such  court  in  cases  not  capital.1 

ART.  92.  All  persons  who  give  evidence  before  a  court-martial  shall  be  examined 
on  oath,  or  affirmation,  in  the  following  form:  "You  swear  (or  affirm)  that  the  evi- 
dence you  shall  give,  in  the  case  now  in  hearing,  shall  be  the  truth,  the  whole  truth, 
arid  nothing  but  the  truth.  So  help  you  God." 

ART.  93.  A  court-martial  shall,  for  reasonable  cause,  grant  a  continuance  to  either 
party,  for  such  time  and  as  often  as  may  appear  to  be  just:  Provided,  That  if  the 
prisoner  be  in  close  confinement  the  trial  shall  not  be  delayed  for  a  period  longer 
than  sixty  days. 

ART.  95. 2  Members  of  a  court-martial,  in  giving  their  votes,  shall  begin  with  the 
youngest  in  commission. 

ART.  96.  No  person  shall  be  sentenced  to  suffer  death,  except  by  the  concurrence 
of  two-thirds  of  the  members  of  a  general  court-martial,  and  in  the  cases  herein 
expressly  mentioned. 

ART.  97.  No  person  in  the  military  service  shall,  under  the  sentence  of  a  court- 
martial,  be  punished  by  confinement  in  a  penitentiary,  unless  the  offense  of  which 
he  may  be  convicted  would,  by  some  statute  of  the  United  States,  or  by  some  statute 
of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  in  which  such  offense  may  be  committed,  or  by 
the  common  law,  as  the  same  exists  in  such  State,  Territory,  or  District,  subject  such 
convict  to  such  punishment. 

ART.  98.  No  person  in  the  military  service  shall  be  punished  by  flogging,  or  by- 
branding,  marking,  or  tattooing  on  the  body. 

ART.  99.  No  officer  shall  be  discharged  or  dismissed  from  the  service,  except  by 
order  of  the  President,  or  by  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial;  and  in  time  of 
peace  no  officer  shall  be  dismissed,  except  in  pursuance  of  the  sentence  of  a  court- 
martial,  or  in  mitigation  thereof. 

AUT.  100.  When  an  officer  is  dismissed  from,  the  service  for  cowardice  or  fraud, 
the  sentence  shall  further  direct  that  the  crime,  punishment,  name,  and  place  of 
abode  of  the  delinquent  shall  be  published  in  the  newspapers  in  and  about  the  camp, 
and  in  the  State  from  which  the  offender  came,  or  where  he  usually  resides;  and 
after  such  publication  it  shall  be  scandalous  for  an  officer  to  associate  with  him. 

ART.  101.  When  a  court-martial  suspends  an  officer  from  command,  it  may  also 
suspend  his  pay  and  emoluments  for  the  same  time,  according  to  the  nature  of  his 
offense. 

ART.  102.  No  person  shall  be  tried  a  second  time  for  the  same  offense. 

AUT.  103.  No  person  shall  be  liable  to  be  tried  and  punished  by  a  general  court- 
martial  for  any  offense  which  appears  to  have  been  committed  more  than  two  years 
before  the  issuing  of  the  order  for  such  trial,  unless,  by  reason  of  having  absented 
himself  or  of  some  other  manifest  impediment,  he  shall  not  have  been  amenable  to 
justice  within  that  period. 

No  person  shall  be  tried  or  punished  by  a  court-martial  for  desertion  in  time  of 
peace  and  not  in  the  face  of  an  enemy  committed  more  than  two  years  before  the 
arraignment  of  such  person  for  such  offense,  unless  he  shall  meanwhile  have 
absented  himself  from  the  United  States,  in  which  case  the  time  of  his  absence  shall 
be  excluded  in  computing  the  period  of  the  limitation:  Provided,  That  said  limita- 
tion shall  not  begin  until  the  end  of  the  term  for  which  said  person  was  mustered 
into  the  service.  [Act  of  April  11,  1890.  26  Stat.  at  Large,  54.] 

1  SEC.  4.  That  judge-advocates  of  departments  and  of  courts-martial,  and  the  trial  officers  of  sum- 
mary courts,  are  hereby  authorized  to  administer  oaths  for  the  purposes  of  the  administration  of  milj. 
tary  justice,  and  for  other  purposes  of  military  administration.     [Act  of  July  27, 1892.] 

2  Article  94  was  repealed  by  the  act  of  March  2.  1901. 


210  ARTICLES    OF   WAK. 

ART.  104.  No  sentence  of  a  court-martial  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  the 
same  shall  have  been  approved  by  the  officer  ordering  the  court,  or  by  the  officer 
commanding  for  the  time  being.  [Act  of  July  27,  1892.  27  Stat.  at  Large,  278.] 

ART.  105.  No  sentence  of  a  court-martial  inflicting  the  punishment  of  death  shall 
be  carried  into  execution  until  it  shall  have  been  confirmed  by  the  President,  except 
in  the  cases  of  persons  convicted,  in  time  of  war,  as  spies,  mutineers,  deserters,  or 
murderers,  and  in  the  cases  of  guerrilla  marauders,  convicted,  in  time  of  war,  of  rob- 
bery, burglary,  arson,  rape,  assault  with  intent  to  commit  rape,  or  of  violation  of  the 
laws  and  customs  of  war;  and  in  such  excepted  cases  the  sentence  of  death  may  be 
carried  into  execution  upon  confirmation  by  the  commanding  general  in  the  field,  or 
the  commander  of  the  department,  as  the  case  may  be. 

ART.  106.  In  time  of  peace  no  sentence  of  a  court-martial  directing  the  dismissal 
of  an  officer  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  it  shall  have  been  confirmed  by 
the  President. 

ART.  107.  No  sentence  of  a  court-martial  appointed  by  the  commander  of  a  divi- 
sion or  of  a  separate  brigade  of  troops  directing  the  dismissal  of  an  officer  shall  be 
carried  into  execution  until  it  shall  have  been  confirmed  by  the  general  commanding 
the  army  in  the  field  to  which  the  division  or  brigade  belongs. 

ART.  108.  No  sentence  of  a  court-martial,  either  in  time  of  peace  or  in  time  of  war, 
respecting  a  general  officer  shall  be  carried  into  execution  until  it  shall  have  been 
confirmed  by  the  President. 

ART.  109.  All  sentences  of  a  court-martial  may  be  confirmed  and  carried  into  exe- 
cution by  the  officer  ordering  the  court,  or  by  the  officer  commanding  for  the  time 
being,  where  confirmation  by  the  President,  or  by  the  commanding  general  in  the 
field,  or  commander  of  the  department,  is  not  required  by  the  articles.1 

ART.  111.  Any  officer  who  has  authority  to  carry  into  execution  the  sentence  of 
death  or  of  dismissal  of  an  officer  may  suspend  the  same  until  the  pleasure  of  the 
President  shall  be  known;  and,  in  such  case,  he  shall  immediately  transmit  to  the 
President  a  copy  of  the  order  of  suspension,  together  with  a  copy  of  the  proceedings 
of  the  court. 

ART.  112.  Every  officer  who  is  authorized  to  order  a  general  court-martial  shall 
have  power  to  pardon  or  mitigate  any  punishment  adjudged  by  it,  except  the  punish- 
ment of  death  or  of  dismissal  of  an  officer.  Every  officer  commanding  a  regiment 
or  garrison  in  which  a  regimental  or  garrison  court-martial  may  be  held  shall  have 
power  to  pardon  or  mitigate  any  punishment  which  such  court  may  adjudge. 

ART.  113.  Every  judge-advocate,  or  person  acting  as  such,  at  any  general  court- 
martial,  shall,  with  such  expedition  as  the  opportunity  of  time  and  distance  of  place 
may  admit,  forward  the  original  proceedings  and  sentence  of  such  court  to  the  Judge- 
Advocate-General  of  the  Army,  in  whose  office  they  shall  be  carefully  preserved. 

ART.  114.  Every  party  tried  by  a  general  court-martial  shall,  upon  demand  thereof, 
made  by  himself  or  by.  any  person  in  his  behalf,  be  entitled  to  a  copy  of  the  proceedings 
and  sentence  of  such  court. 

ART.  115.  A  court  of  inquiry,  to  examine  into  the  nature  of  any  transaction  of,  or 
accusation  or  imputation  against,  any  officer  or  soldier,  may  be  ordered  by  the  Presi- 
dent or  by  any  commanding  officer;  but,  as  courts  of  inquiry  may  be  perverted  to 
dishonorable  purposes,  and  may  be  employed,  in  the  hands  of  weak  and  envious 
commandants,  as  engines  for  the  destruction  of  military  merit,  they  shall  never  be 
ordered  by  any  commanding  officer,  except  upon  a  demand  by  the  officer  or  soldier 
whose  conduct  is  to  be  inquired  of. 

AUT.  116.  A  court  of  inquiry  shall  consist  of  one  or  more  officers,  not  exceeding 
three,  and  a  recorder,  to  reduce  the  proceedings  and  evidence  to  writing. 

i  Article  110  was  repealed  by  the  act  of  June  18. 1898  (30  Stat.  at  Large,  483). 


ARTICLES    OF    WAR.  241 

ART.  117.  The  recorder  of  a  court  of  inquiry  shall  administer  to  the  members  the 
following  oath:  "You  shall  well  and  truly  examine  and  inquire,  according  to  the 
evidence,  into  the  matter  now  before  you,  without  partiality,  favor,  affection,  preju- 
dice, or  hope  of  reward:  so  help  you  God."  After  which  the  president  of  the  court 
shall  administer  to  the  recorder  the  following  oath:  "You,  A  B,  do  swear  that  you 
will,  according  to  your  best  abilities,  accurately  and  impartially  record  the  proceed- 
ings of  the  court  and  the  evidence  to  be  given  in  the  case  in  hearing:  so  help  you 
God." 

ART.  118.  A  court  of  inquiry,  and  the  recorder  thereof,  shall  have  the  same  power 
to  summon  and  examine  witnesses  as  is  given  to  courts-martial  and  the  judge-advo- 
cates thereof.  Such  witnesses  shall  take  the  same  oath  which  is  taken  by  witnesses 
before  courts-martial,  and  the  party  accused  shall  be  permitted  to  examine  and  cross- 
examine  them,  so  as  fully  to  investigate  the  circumstances  in  question. 

ART.  119.  A  court  of  inquiry  shall  not  give  an  opinion  on  the  merits  of  the  case 
nquired  of  unless  specially  ordered  to  do  so.- 

ART.  120.  The  proceedings  of  a  court  of  inquiry  must  be  authenticated  by  the  sig- 
natures of  the  recorder  and  the  president  thereof,  and  delivered  to  the  commanding 
officer. 

ART.  121.  The  proceedings  of  a  court  of  inquiry  may  be  admitted  as  evidence  by  a 
court-martial,  in  cases  not  capital,  not  extending  to  the  dismissal  of  an  officer:  Pro- 
vided, That  the  circumstances  are  such  that  oral  testimony  can  not  be  obtained. 

ART.  122.  If,  upon  marches,  guards,  or  in  quarters,  different  corps  of  the  Army 
happen  to  join  or  do  duty  together,  the  officer  highest  in  rank  of  the  line  of  the 
Army,  Marine  Corps,  or  militia,  by  commission,  .there  on  duty  or  in  quarters,  shall 
command  the  whole,  and  give  orders  for  what  is  needful  to  the  service,  unless  other- 
wise specially  directed  by  the  President,  according  to  the  nature  of  the  case. 

ART.  123.  In  all  matters  relating  to  the  rank,  duties,  and  rights  of  officers,  the  same 
rules  and  regulations  shall  apply  to  officers  of  the  Eegular  Army  and  to  volunteers 
commissioned  in,  or  mustered  into  said  service,  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States, 
for  a  limited  period. 

ART.  124.  Officers  of  the  militia  of  the  several  States,  when  called  into  the  service 
of  the  United  States,  shall  on  all  detachments,  courts-martial,  and  other  duty  wherein 
they  may  be  employed  in  conjunction  with  the  regular  or  volunteer  forces  of  the 
United  States,  take  rank  next  after  all  officers  of  the  like  grade  in  said  regular  or  vol- 
unteer forces,  notwithstanding  the  commissions  of  such  militia  officers  may  be  older 
than  the  commissions  of  the  said  officers  of  the  regular  or  volunteer  forces  of  the 
United  States. 

ART.  125.  In  case  of  the  death  of  any  officer,  the  major  of  his  regiment,  or  the 
officer  doing  the  major's  duty,  or  the  second  officer  in  command  at  any  post  or  garri- 
son, as  the  case  may  be,  shall  immediately  secure  all  his  effects  then  in  camp  or 
quarters,  and  shall  make,  and  transmit  to  the  office  of  the  Department  of  War,  an 
inventory  thereof. 

ART.  126.  In  case  of  the  death  of  any  soldier,  the  commanding  officer  of  his  troop, 
battery,  or  company  shall  immediately  secure  all  his  effects  then  in  camp  or  quar- 
ters, and  shall,  in  the  presence  of  two  other  officers,  make  an  inventory  thereof, 
which  he  shall  transmit  to  the  office  of  the  Department  of  War. 

ART.  127.  Officers  charged  with  the  care  of  the  effects  of  deceased  officers  or  sol- 
diers shall  account  for  and  deliver  the  same,  or  the  proceeds  thereof,  to  the  legal 
representatives  of  such  deceased  officers  or  soldiers.  And  no  officer  so  charged  shall 
be  permitted  to  quit  the  regiment  or  post  until  he  has  deposited  in  the  hands  of  the 
commanding  officer  all  the  effects  of  such  deceased  officers  or  soldiers  not  so  accounted 
for  and  delivered. 

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242    ATTACHMENT EEFUSAL  CIVILIAN  WITNESSES  TO  TESTIFY. 

ART.  128.  The  foregoing  articles  shall  be  read  and  published,  once  in  every  six 
months,  to  every  garrison,  regiment,  troop,  or  company  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States,  and  shall  be  duly  observed  and  obeyed  by  all  officers  and  soldiers  in  said 
service. 

SEC.  1343,  Revised  Statutes.  All  persons  who,  in  time  of  war,  or  of  rebellion 
against  the  supreme  authority  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  found  lurking  or  acting 
as  spies,  in  or  about  any  of  the  fortifications,  posts,  quarters,  or  encampments  of  any 
of  the  armies  of  the  United  States,  or  elsewhere,  shall  be  triable  by  a  general  court- 
martial,  or  by  a  military  commission,  and  shall,  on  conviction  thereof,  suffer  death. 

WRITS  OF  ATTACHMENT. 

~ Every  judge-advocate  of  a  court-martial  shall  have  power  to  issue  like  process  to 
compel  witnesses  to  appear  and  testify  which  courts  of  criminal  jurisdiction  within 
the  State,  Territory,  or  district  where  such  military  courts  shall  be  ordered  to  sit 
may  lawfully  issue.  Section  1202,  Revised  Statutes. 

REFUSAL  OF  CIVILIAN  WITNESS  TO  TESTIFY. 

Every  person  not  belonging  to  the  Army  of  the  United  States  who,  being  duly 
subpoenaed  to  appear  as  a  witness  before  a  general  court-martial  of  the  Army,  will- 
fully neglects  or  refuses  to  appear,  or  refuses  to  qualify  as  a  witness  to  testify  or  pro- 
duce documentary  evidence  which  such  person  may  have  been  legally  subpoenaed 
to  produce,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  for  which  such  person  shall  be 
•punished  on  information  in  the  district  court  of  the  United  States;  and  it  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  United  States  district  attorney,  on  the  certification  of  the  facts  to 
him  by  the  general  court-martial,  to  file  an  information  against  and  prosecute  the 
person  so  offending,  and  the  punishment  of  such  person,  on  conviction,  shall  be  a 
fine  of  not  more  than  five  hundred  dollars  or  imprisonment  not  to  exceed  six  months, 
or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court:  Provided,  That  this  shall  not  apply  to  persons 
residing  beyond  the  State,  Territory,  or  district  in  which  such  general  court-martial 
is  held,  and  that  the  fees  of  such  witness,  and  his  mileage  at  the  rates  provided  for 
witnesses  in  the  United  States  district  court  for  said  State,  Territory,  or  district  shall 
be  duly  paid  or  tendered  said  witness,  such  amounts  to  be  paid  by  the  Pay  Depart- 
ment of  the  Army  out  of  the  appropriation  for  the  compensation  of  witnesses:  Pro- 
vided, That  no  witness  shall  be  compelled  to  incriminate  himself  or  to  answer  any 
questions  which  may  tend  to  incriminate  or  degrade  him.  Act  of  March  2.  1901 
(31  Stat.  at  Large). 


MEMORANDUM. 

Statement  showing  new  numbers  of  old  paragraphs  of  Army  Regulations. 


Old  paragraph. 

New  paragraph. 

Old  paragraph. 

New  paragraph. 

1 

1 

69  

65. 

2 

2 

70 

66. 

3 

3. 

71.  

67. 

4 

4 

72 

Omitted  (see  new  57) 

6                    ... 

5. 

73  

Do. 

6 

6 

74  

Do. 

7 

7 

75 

Do 

8 

8 

76  

Do. 

9 

9 

77 

68. 

10 

10. 

78  

69. 

11 

11 

79 

70. 

12  

12. 

80  

71. 

13 

13 

81 

72. 

14  

14. 

82  

73. 

15 

16. 

83  

74. 

16 

17 

84 

75. 

17  

18. 

85  

76. 

18 

19 

86 

77. 

19  

20. 

87  

78. 

20 

21 

88.. 

Omitted 

21  

22. 

89  

79. 

22  .. 

23. 

90  

80. 

23 

24 

91 

81 

24  

25. 

92  

82. 

25 

26 

93 

83 

26  

27. 

94  

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27 

28  29. 

95 

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28  

30. 

96  

85. 

29  

31 

97 

86 

30 

32 

98 

86 

31  

33. 

99 

87 

32 

Omitted  •  substance  in  new  32 

100 

93 

33  

34. 

101 

94 

34 

35 

102 

95 

35 

36 

103 

Omitted  (see  new  96) 

36  

38 

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37 

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105 

Do 

38  

39 

106 

Omitted 

39  

40 

107 

Do 

40.  

41. 

108 

97 

41  

1106 

109 

98 

42 

Omitted 

110 

Omitted 

43  

Omitted  (see  new  42) 

111 

99 

44  

Do. 

112 

100 

45  

Do 

113 

101 

46  

Do 

114 

102 

47 

Do 

115 

103 

48  

43. 

116 

104 

49  .. 

44 

117 

105 

50  

45. 

118 

106 

61  

46 

119 

Omitted 

52 

47 

120 

107 

53  

48 

121 

108 

54  

49 

122 

109 

55  

50. 

123 

no 

56  

51 

124 

111 

57  

56. 

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112 

58  

52. 

126 

113 

59  

53 

127 

60  

54 

128 

121 

61  

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118 

62  

56. 

130 

122 

63  

58. 

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123 

64  

59. 

132 

65  

61. 

133 

116 

66  

62. 

134 

117 

67  

63. 

135 

119 

68  

64. 

136... 

120. 

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244 


APPENDIX. 

Memorandum — Continued. 


Old  paragraph. 

New  paragraph. 

Old  paragraph. 

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137  
138  
139  
140  

125. 
126. 
127. 
128. 

18  
19  
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21  

200. 
?01   , 
202. 
203. 

141  
142...:  

143  
144  
145  
146  
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115. 
129. 
130. 
131. 
132. 
133. 
134. 
135. 

22  
23  
24  
25  
226  
27...  
28  
229  

205. 
Omitted. 
206. 
207. 
208. 
209. 
210. 

149  
150  
151  
152  
153  
154  
155  
156  
157  
158  
159  
160  

136. 
137. 
138. 
139. 
140. 
141. 
149. 
Revoked  (see  new  142). 
Do. 
Do. 
143. 
Revoked  (see  new  142). 
144 

30  
231  
32  
233  
234  
235  
236  
237  •-•• 
238  
239  
240  
241  
42  

212. 
213. 
214. 
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216. 
218. 
220. 
221. 
222. 
223. 
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191  
192  
193  

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150. 
151. 
152. 
153. 
148. 
154. 
155. 
156. 
157. 
Omitted  (see  new  1474). 
158. 
159. 
160. 
161. 
162. 
163. 
164. 
165. 
166. 
167. 
168. 
169. 
170. 
171. 
172. 
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176. 
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179 

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246  
247  
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251  
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257  
258  
259  
260  
261  
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266  
267  
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269  
270  
271  
272  
273  
274  

226. 
227. 
228. 
229. 
230. 
Omitted. 
231. 
Omitted. 
232. 
233. 
234. 
15. 
235. 
Omitted. 
236. 
237. 
Omitted. 
238. 
239. 
240. 
241. 
242. 
243. 
244. 
245. 
246. 
247. 
Revoked. 
248. 
249. 
250. 
Omitted. 
Do. 

195  
196  -  
197  
198  
199  - 
199J  
200  
201  
202  
203  
204  
205  
206  
207  
208  
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213  
214  
215  
216  
217  

180. 
181. 
182. 
183. 
184. 
185. 
88. 
89. 
90. 
91. 
92. 
Revoked. 
Do. 
186. 
.    187. 
188. 
190. 
191. 
192. 
193. 
195. 
197. 
198. 
.    199. 

275  
276  
277  
278  
279  
280  
281  -  
282  
283  
284  
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291  
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293  
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297  
298  

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252. 
253. 
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258. 
259. 
260. 
261. 
262. 
263. 
264. 
265. 
266. 
267. 
269. 
270. 
271. 
272. 
274. 
275'. 
.    276. 

APPENDIX. 

Memorandum — Continued. 


245 


Old  paragraph. 

New  paragraph. 

Old  paragraph. 

New  paragraph. 

299 

277. 

381... 

Omitted. 

300 

278 

382 

Do 

301 

279. 

383  

Do. 

302 

280 

384  

Do 

303 

Omitted 

385 

Do 

304 

281. 

386  

Do 

305 

282 

387 

Do 

306  

283. 

388  

Do. 

307 

284. 

389 

Do 

308  

285. 

390  

Do. 

309.                  

286. 

391  

Do 

310 

287 

392 

Do 

311  

288. 

393  

Do. 

312 

289. 

394 

Do 

313  

290. 

395  

Do. 

314  

291. 

396  . 

Do 

315 

292 

397 

Do 

316  

293. 

398  

Do. 

317 

312 

399 

Do 

318  

320. 

400  

Do. 

319. 

313. 

401 

Do 

320  

314. 

402  

353. 

321  .... 

315. 

403 

Omitted 

322 

316 

404 

Do 

323  

317. 

405  

354. 

324 

318. 

406 

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325  

319. 

407  

Do. 

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321. 

408 

Do 

327  

323. 

409  

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328  

324. 

410 

Do. 

329 

325 

411 

307 

330  

326. 

412  

308. 

331 

327. 

413 

309 

332 

328 

414 

310 

333  1  

329. 

415 

311 

334 

330 

416 

355 

335  . 

331. 

417 

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336 

332 

418 

Do 

337  

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APPENDIX. 

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463... 

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APPENDIX. 

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247 


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248 


APPEDDIX. 

Memorandum — Continued. 


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789 

712 

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811 

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713. 

872  

812. 

791 

714 

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APPENDIX. 


Memorandum — Continued. 


249 


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1029  

1110 

1030... 

11101 

1031  

1111... 
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1032  

250 


APPENDIX. 

Memorandum — Continued. 


Old  paragraph. 

New  paragraph. 

Old  paragraph. 

New  paragraph. 

1113... 

1054. 

1193.  .  . 

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1114 

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APPENDIX. 

Memorandum — Continued. 


251 


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New  paragraph. 

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New  paragraph. 

1275 

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1390J 

1231 

1310 

1176. 

1391  

1232. 

1311 

Omitted 

1392 

1235. 

1312 

1177. 

1393  

1236. 

1313 

Revoked 

1394 

1237. 

1314  

Do. 

1395  

1238. 

1315 

1178 

1396 

Omitted. 

1316  

1179. 

1397  

Do. 

1317 

1180. 

1398 

1233. 

1318  

1181. 

1399  

1239. 

1319 

1182. 

1400  . 

1240. 

1320 

1183 

1401 

1241 

1321  

1184. 

1402  

Revoked. 

1322 

1185 

1403 

1242 

1323  ' 

1186. 

1404  

1243. 

1324 

1187 

1404  1 

1244 

1325  

1188. 

1405  

1245. 

1326  

1189. 

1406 

Omitted 

1327 

1190 

1407 

1246 

1328  

1191. 

1408 

1247 

1329 

1191 

1409 

1248 

1330  

1193. 

1410  

1249 

1331 

1194 

1411 

1250 

1332 

1195 

1412 

1251                                            ~- 

1333  

1196. 

1413 

1252 

1334 

1197 

1413" 

1253 

1335  

1198. 

1414  

1254 

1336 

Omitted. 

1415 

1255 

1337  

Do. 

1416  

1256 

1338     . 

1199. 

1417 

1257 

1339 

1200 

1418 

1258 

1340  

1201. 

1419 

1259 

1341 

1202 

1420 

1260 

1342  

1204. 

1421 

1261 

1343  

Omitted. 

1422 

126'> 

1344 

Do 

1423 

1263 

1345  

Do. 

1424 

1264 

1346  

Do 

1425 

Revoked 

1347  

Do. 

1426 

1265 

1348  

Do. 

1427 

1266 

1349  

Do. 

1428 

1267 

1350  

Do. 

1429 

1970 

1351  

1205 

1430 

1271 

1352  

1206. 

1431 

1268 

1353  

1207. 

1432 

1272 

1354  

1208 

1433 

1273 

1355  

1209. 

1434 

1274 

1356  

Omitted. 

1435... 

1269. 

252 


APPENDIX. 

Memorandum — Continued. 


Old  paragraph. 

New  paragraph. 

Old  paragraph. 

New  paragraph. 

1436 

1275 

1517 

1358 

1437 

1276. 

1518  

1359. 

1438 

1277 

1519 

1360 

1439 

1278. 

1520  

1361. 

1440 

1279. 

1521 

1362 

1441 

Omitted 

1522 

Omitted  (see  new  1361) 

1442 

1280. 

1523    

1363. 

1443  

1281. 

1524  

Omitted  (see  new  1344) 

1444 

Omitted. 

1525  

Omitted 

1445 

1283 

1526 

1365 

1446 

1284. 

1527. 

1347. 

1447 

1285 

1528 

1366 

1447£        .  . 

1286. 

1529 

1368 

1448  

1294. 

1530  

1369. 

1449 

1295. 

1531 

1374 

1450  

1299. 

1532  

1375. 

1451 

1301. 

1533 

1376 

1452  

1302. 

1534  

1377. 

1453.      

1296. 

1535.       ..  . 

1378. 

1454 

1297 

1536 

1379 

1455  ... 

1287. 

1537  

1380. 

1456 

1289 

1538 

1381 

1457..  . 

1290. 

1539  

1382. 

1458 

1291 

1540 

1383 

1459  

1293. 

1541  

1384. 

1460 

1292 

1542 

1385 

1461  

1298. 

1543  

1386. 

1462 

1282 

1544 

1387 

1463. 

1288. 

1545  

1397. 

1464 

1399 

1546 

1370 

1465  . 

Omitted. 

1547  

1388. 

1466  

Do. 

1548  

1389. 

1467 

60. 

1549. 

1390. 

1468 

1303 

1550 

1391 

1469 

1304. 

1551 

1392. 

1470  

Omitted. 

1552  

1393. 

1471 

1306 

1553 

1394. 

1472  

1307. 

1554  

1395. 

1473 

1308. 

1555 

1396. 

1474  

1309. 

1556  

1400. 

1475 

1310. 

1557 

1401. 

1476  

1311. 

1558  

1402. 

1477 

1313. 

1559 

1403. 

1478  

1315. 

1560  

1404. 

1479 

1316 

1561 

1405. 

1480  

1317. 

1562  

1406. 

1481 

1318 

1563 

1407. 

1482 

1319. 

1564  

1408. 

1483 

1320 

1565 

1410. 

1484 

1321. 

1566  

1411. 

1485 

1322 

1567 

1364. 

1486 

1323. 

1568  

1398. 

1487 

1325 

1569 

1412. 

1488  . 

1326. 

1570  

1413. 

1489 

1327 

1571 

1414. 

1490  .  . 

1328. 

1572  

1415. 

1491 

1329 

1573 

1416. 

1492 

1330. 

1574  

1417. 

1493 

1331 

1575 

1418. 

1494 

1332. 

1576  

1419. 

1495 

1333 

1577 

1421. 

1496  

1335. 

1578  

Omitted. 

1497 

1336 

1579 

1422. 

1498  

1337. 

1580  

1423. 

1499 

1338 

1581         

1424. 

1500  

1339. 

1582  

Omitted. 

1501 

1340 

1583 

1425. 

1502 

1343 

1584 

1426. 

1503 

1344 

1585 

1427. 

1504 

1345 

1586 

1428. 

1505 

1347. 

1587     

1429. 

1506 

1346 

1588 

1430. 

1507 

1348. 

1589    

Omitted. 

1508 

1349 

1590 

1431. 

1509 

1350. 

1591  

1432. 

1510 

1351 

1592 

1433. 

1511 

1352. 

1593  

1434. 

1512 

1353 

1594          .  .. 

1435. 

1513 

1354 

1595 

Revoked 

1514 

1355 

15951       

1436. 

1515 

1356 

15% 

1437. 

1516... 

1357. 

1597... 

1438. 

APPENDIX. 

Memorandum — Continued. 


253 


Old  paragraph. 

New  paragraph. 

Old  paragraph. 

New  paragraph. 

1598 

1439 

1680  

1525. 

1599 

1440 

1681  

Omitted. 

1600 

1441 

1682  

Do. 

1601 

1449 

1683  

1526. 

1602 

1443 

1684..  

1527. 

1603 

1444 

1685  

1528. 

1604 

Omitted 

1686  

1529. 

1605 

1445 

1687  

1530. 

1606 

1446 

1688  

1531. 

1607 

1447 

1689 

1532. 

1608 

1448 

1690  

1533. 

1609 

1449. 

1691  

1534. 

1610 

1456 

1692  

1535. 

1611 

1457 

1693  

1536. 

1612 

1458. 

1694  

1540. 

1613 

1459 

1695  

1541. 

1614 

1460 

1696 

1542. 

1615 

1461 

1697  

1543. 

1616 

1462 

1698  ...     

1544. 

1617 

1463. 

1699  

1545. 

1618 

1464 

1700  

1546. 

1619 

1465. 

1701  

1547. 

1620 

1466 

1702  

1548. 

1621 

1467. 

1703--  

Omitted. 

1622 

1468 

1704  

1549. 

1623 

1469. 

1705  

1550. 

1624 

1470 

1706  

1551. 

1625 

1471 

1707  

1552. 

1626 

1472. 

1708  

1553. 

1627 

1473 

1709  

1554. 

1627  l 

1474 

1710 

Omitted. 

1628 

1475 

1711  

1555. 

1629 

1476 

1712 

1556 

1630 

1477 

1713  

1557. 

1631 

1478 

1714 

1558 

1632 

1479 

1715  

1559. 

1633 

1480 

17]  6 

1560. 

1634 

1481. 

1717  

1561. 

1635 

1482 

1718 

1562. 

1636 

1483 

1719  

1563. 

1637 

1484 

1720 

1564. 

1638 

1485. 

1721  

1566. 

1639 

1486 

1722 

1567. 

1640 

1487. 

1723  

1569. 

1641 

1488 

1724 

1570. 

1642  

1489. 

1725  

1571  (see  also  new  683)  . 

1643 

1490 

1726 

1572. 

1644  

1491. 

1727  

1573. 

1645 

1492 

1728 

1574. 

1646  

1493. 

1729  

1575. 

1647  

1494. 

1730  ..  . 

1576. 

1648 

1495 

1731 

1577 

1649  

1496. 

1732  . 

1578. 

1650  . 

1497. 

1733 

1579 

1651 

1498 

1734 

1580 

1652  

1499. 

1735 

1581. 

1653 

1500 

1736 

1582 

1654  

1501. 

1737  

1583. 

1655 

1502 

1738 

1585 

1656 

1503 

1739 

1586 

1657  .... 

1504 

1740 

1587 

1658 

1505 

1741 

1588 

1659  

1506. 

1742 

1589 

1660 

1507 

1743 

1590 

1661  

1508. 

1744  .... 

1591 

1662 

1509 

1745 

1592 

1663  

1510. 

1746  

1593. 

1664  

1511 

1747 

1594 

1665 

1512 

1748 

1595 

1666  

1513. 

1749 

1596 

1667  

Omitted. 

1750 

Omitted 

1668  

1514. 

1751 

1599 

1669  

1515 

1752 

Omitted  (see  new  777) 

1670  

1516 

1753 

Do 

1671  

'  JRevoked. 

1754 

Do 

1672  

1517 

1755 

Do 

1673  

1518. 

1756 

1601 

1674  

1519. 

1757 

Omitted 

1675  

Omitted  (see  new  1519) 

1758 

Do 

1676  

Do. 

1759 

Do 

1677  

1522 

1760 

Revoked 

1678  

1523. 

1761 

1603 

1679 

1524 

254 


APPENDIX. 
NEW  PARAGRAPHS. 


146 

300 

458 

759 

774 

1022 

1334 

1537 

147 

301 

459 

760 

775 

1023 

1341 

1538 

148 

302 

460 

761 

776 

1024 

1342 

1539 

189 

303 

461 

762 

802 

1025 

1367 

1565 

194 

304 

462 

763 

816 

1074 

1371 

1568 

196 

305 

463 

764 

837 

1170 

1372 

1584 

217 

306 

682 

765 

907 

1171 

1373 

1597 

219 

322 

720 

766 

944 

1192 

1409 

1598 

268 

383 

724 

767 

1000 

1203 

1420 

1602 

273 

417 

744 

768 

1012 

1234 

1450 

295 

418 

111 

769 

1013 

1300 

1451 

296 

454 

755 

770 

1014 

1305 

1452 

297 

455 

756 

771 

1015 

1312 

1453 

298 

456 

757 

772 

1016 

1314 

1454 

299 

457 

758 

773 

1021 

1324 

1455 

1 1ST  D  EX. 

[References  are  to  PARAGRAPHS  and  ARTICLES  OF  WAR  (pp. 229-242)  by  their  numbers.    An  Article 
of  War  is  indicated  by  the  letters  A.  W.,  followed  by  the  number  of  the  article.] 


Abatement: 

Term  of  confinement,  949. 
Absence: 

Certificates  of,  A.  W.  12;  A.  W.  13. 

Furloughs.     (See  Furloughs.) 

Leaves  of  (see  Leaves  of  Absence),  49-67. 

Pay  during.    (See  Pay  during  Absence.) 

Sick.    (See  Leaves  of  Absence) 

Without  leave,  131;  A.W.32. 

See  Desertion. 
Absent  Officer: 

Reports,  64,  834. 

Sickness  of,  834. 
Abstracts : 

Of  proposals.     (See  Proposals.) 
Abusive  Language: 

Use  of,  by  superiors,  2. 
Accountability: 

Money  (see  Money  Accountability),  580-660. 

Property.     (See  Property  Accountability. ) 
Accountable  Officer.     (See  Public  Property;  Public 

Moneys. ) 
Accounts  (see  Funds): 

Administrative  examination,  659, 660. 

Advertising,  505-507. 

Contingent  funds,  197. 

Inspection  of,  SOI,  C03,  910. 

Job  printing,  510, 512.  • 

Medical  attendance,  1503-1512. 

Printing,  510, 512. 

Settlement  of,  74. 

Visits  to  Washington  to  settle,  74. 
Accounts  Current,  630-634. 

Abstracts  to  accompany,  630. 

Closing,  634. 

Fiscal  years*  623. 

Forms,  630. 

How  made,  630. 

Orders  to  accompany,  633. 

Original  vouchers,  632. 

Outstanding  debts,  634. 

Vouchers,  632. 

Accouterments,  276,  279,  284,  286. 
Accusations  of  Crime,  A.  W.  59. 
Acting  Commissary: 

Pay,  1296. 

Administration  of  Oaths,  23,  688,  717. 
Action: 

Casualties  in,  reports,  824,  825. 

Reports  of,  822,  823. 


Aditional  Pay,  Enlisted  Men: 

Certificate  of  merit,  1370. 

Continuous  service,  1366-1369. 

Expert  riflemen,  1373. 

Foreign  service,  1371. 

Gunner's  Artillery  Corps,  1372. 

Reenlistment,  1366-1369. 
Additional  Pay  to  Officers  (see  Mounted  Pay): 

Acting  commissary,  1296. 

Command  above  grade,  1294. 

Foreign  service,  1295. 

Longevity  pay,  1298. 

Staff  appointments,  1297. 
Address.    (See  Changes  of  Address.) 
Adjutant.     (See  Adjutants  of  Regiments. ) 
Adjutants  of  Posts: 

Detail,  203. 

Formation  of  detachments,  372. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1051. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  812. 

Summary  court  records,  964, 970. 
Adjutants  of  Regiments: 

Appointment,  etc.,  239. 

Assignments  to  company  or  staff  duty,  246. 

Band  instruments,  253. 

Company  order  books,  271. 

Company  duty,  246. 

Duties,  242-244;  246. 

Fuel  and  stoves  for  office,  1051. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  242-244. 

Qualifications,  239,  241. 

Tenure  of  office,  240. 

Treasurer  of  regimental  fund,321.   ' 
Administration : 

Councils  of.    (See  Councils  of  Administration.) 

Effects  of  deceased  soldiers,  161-163. 

Examination  of  money  accounts,  659, 660. 
Administrators: 

Payments  to,  656. 
Admiral: 

Relative  rank,  12. 
Admonitions,  960. 
Advertisements: 

Accounts,  505-507. 

Authority  for,  498. 

Certificates,  506. 

Forms,  503. 

General  authority,  498. 

Insertions,  501,  502. 

Preparation,  503. 

255 


256 


INDEX. 


Advertisements — Continued. 

Proposals,  520-524. 

Publication,  501,  502. 

Rates,  504. 

Readvertising,  500. 

Requests  for,  authority,  498-500. 

Special  authority,  498. 

Chief  clerk,  supervision,  505. 

Vouchers  for,  505-507. 

Wording,  503. 
Advising  to  Desert: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  51. 
Affair: 

Casualties  in,  reports,  824, 825. 
Age: 

Limits  of,  for— 
Enlistment,  856. 
Promotion,  28. 
Civil  appointments,  34. 
Agents  to  Superintend  Issues: 

Selection  of,  677. 
Aids: 

Appointment,  41. 

Brigadier-generals,  41.   . 

General  officers  on  General  Staff,  41. 

Lieutenant-General,  41. 

Major-generals,  41. 

Rank,  41. 

Selection,  41. 

Term  of  service,  41. 
Alarm: 

False,  A.  W.  41. 
Alaska: 

Payments  to  troops  in,  1345. 
Allotments: 

Appropriation  for  barracks  and  quarters — 
To  departments,  1021. 
To  posts,  1023, 1024. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  1031. 

Contingent  expenses,  197. 

Draft  and  pack  animals,  1108. 

Extra-duty  pay  funds,  175. 

Funds,  civilian  employees,  731, 732. 
Allotments  of  Pay  by  Enlisted  Men: 

Allottees,  1374. 

Authorized,  when,  1374. 

Blanks  for,  1375. 

Capture  of  grantor,  1382. 

Company  commander,  1374-1378. 

Credits  for,  1381. 

Death  of  grantor,  1377. 

Desertion,  1377. 

Designation  of  allottee,  1374-1376. 

Discharge  of  grantor,  1377. 

Discontinuance,  1377,  1378,  1384,  1387. 

Errors  in,  1380. 

Execution,  1376. 

Extra-duty  funds,  167,  175. 

Forfeitures,  1377. 

Grantor,  1374-1387. 

Method,  1374-1377. 

Payments,  1376-1387. 

Procedure,  1374-1387. 

Renewal,  1387. 

Reports,  1375-1378,  1380. 

Transfer  of  grantor,  1383. 

Witnesses,  1376. 


Allowances  (see  Commissioned  Officers): 

Baggage,  1141-1145. 

Barracks  and  quarters,  1018-1042,  1051, 1052. 

Brooms,  1191. 

Brushes,  scrubbing,  1191. 

Clothing,  1166-1178. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1249-1264. 

Corn  brooms,  1191. 

Discharged  soldiers,  1406-1408. 

Electric  lights,  1063-1067. 

Flour  for  target  practice,  1242. 

Forage,  1083-1089. 

Fuel,  1043-1055. 

Gas,  1056-1067. 

Horses,  1105. 

Indian  scouts,  478. 

Military  attaches  1106,  1142-1144. 

Mops,  1191. 

Officers'  horses,  transportation,  1105. 

Quarters,  1018-1052. 

Rations,  1218-1241. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  136. 

Rooms,  1041,  1051,  1052. 

Scrubbing  brushes,  1191. 

Spring  wagons,  1109. 

Stationery,  1068-1071. 

Stoves,  1043-1055. 

Straw,  1090,  1091. 

Tableware,  1187, 1188. 

Target  practice,  356,  357. 

Transportation,  1107-1151. 

Travel,  68-75, 1307-1326. 

Veterinarians,  89. 
Altering  Clothing,  270. 
Ambassadors: 

Honors  to,  381. 

Salutes  to,  404. 
Ambulances,  1111,  1456-1461. 

Allowances,  1457. 

Inspection  of,  1461. 

Use,  1111,  1456,  1458. 
Ammunition: 

Allowances,  309,  356. 

Artillery,  309. 

Evening  gun,  207. 

Expenditures,  1557-1560. 

Morning  gun,  207. 

Sale,  waste,  etc.,  A.W.16. 

Small-arms  practice,  356. 
Amusement  Rooms: 

Illuminating  supplies,  1056,  1057. 
Animals.     (See  Public  Animals. ) 
Appointments: 

Cadets,  27,  37. 

Civil  life,  34-37. 

Contract  surgeons,  1417, 1421. 

Dental  surgeons,  1417-1419,  1422. 

General  officers,  22. 

Medical  Department,  1415,  1416. 

Notice  of,  21. 

Pay,  commencement  of ,  1287,  1296,  1297. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  93-96. 

Second  lieutenants,  27-37. 

Veterinarians,  88. 
Appropriations : 

Accounts  current  to  show,  623. 

Application,  580. 


INDEX. 


257 


Appropriations — Continued. 

Balances,  627-629. 

Contingent  expenses,  625. 

Fiscal  years,  621. 

Remittances  to  show,  622. 

Supplemental  accounts,  629. 

Vouchers  to  show,  623. 
Approval  of  Sentences,  A.  W.  104-111. 
Arctic  Overshoes,  1176. 
Armament  Districts: 

Armament  officers,  1568. 

Control  of  mechanics,  1568. 
Arm  Chests,  1571. 
Arms: 

Care,  276,  283. 

Taking  apart,  283. 
Arms  of  Service: 

Precedence  of,  6. 
Army  and  >'avy  Oeneral  Hospital.     (See  General 

Hospital,  Hot  Springs. ) 
Army  List  and  Directory,  777. 
Army  Medical  School,  454. 
Army  Xurse Corps.     (See  Nurse  Corps.) 
Army  Service  Schools,  454. 
Army  Transport  Service: 

Regulations  for,  1115. 
Army  War  College,  187,  188,  454. 
Arraignment,  A.  W.  89. 
Arrest: 

Close,  930,  A.  W.  65. 

Conduct  of  officer  in,  930,  933,  934. 

Duration,  A.  W.  70,  71. 

Enlisted  men,  936,  938. 

Extension  of,  930. 

In  quarrels,  disorders,  etc.,  A.  W.  24. 

Limits  of,  930. 

Medical  officers,  932. 

Method  of,  929,  930. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  934,  936. 

Officers,  A.  W.  65. 

Power  to  impose,  929,  931,  A.  W.  24. 

Release  from,  931. 

Soldiers,  A.  W.  66. 

When  imposed,  931. 
Arsenals: 

Command,  187. 

Inspection,  899. 
Arson : 

In  time  of  war,  A.  W.  58. 
Articles  of  War: 

Absence  without  leave,  A.  W.  31-35,  40. 

Abuses  and  disorders,  A.  W.  54. 

Appeals,  A.  W.  29,  30. 

Armies  to  be  governed,  p.  229,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Arrest  and  confinement,  A.  W.  65-71. 

Conduct  prejudicial,  A.  W.  62. 

Courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  115-121. 

Deceased  officers  and  soldiers,  A.  W.  125-127. 

Definitions  of  words,  p.  229,  sec.  1342  R.  S. 

Desertion,  A.  W.  47-51. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  4. 

Discharge  or  dismissal  of  officers,  A.  W.  99. 

Disrespect  and  contempt,  A.  W.  19,  20. 

Divine  service,  A.  W.  52. 

Drunkenness  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 

Dueling,  A.  W.  26-28. 

Evidence,  courts-martial,  A   W.  91,  92,  121. 


Articles  of  War— Continued. 

Field  officers'  courts,  A.  W.  80,  83. 

Frauds  and  embezzlement,  A.  W.  60. 

Furloughs  to  enlisted  men,  A.  W.  11. 

General  courts-martial,  A.  W.  72,  73,  75,  76,  78. 

Hiring  of  duty,  A.  W.  36,  37. 

Judge-advocates,  A.  W.  74,  84,  85,  90, 113. 

Jurisdiction  military  courts,  A.  W.  58,  60,  62-64, 
79-83, 102,  103. 

Misconduct  in  time  of  war,  A.  W.  41,  42,  44-46, 
57,  100. 

Musters,  A.  W.  5,  6,  12-14. 

Mutiny  and  sedition,  A.  W.  21-24,  43. 

Proceedings  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  86-95, 113 
114. 

Profanity,  A.  W.  53. 

Property  accountability,  A.  W.  9,  10,  15-17. 

Provisions  and  necessaries,  A.  W.  18,  56. 

Publication  to  Army,  A.  W.  128. 

Quarrels,  frays,  and  disorders,  A.  W.  24,  25. 

Rank  and  command,  A.  W.  122-124. 

Recruits  and  recruiting,  832;  A.  W.  2,  3. 

Regimental  and  garrison  courts,  A.  W.  81-83. 

Returns  of  troops  and  property,  A.  W.  7,  8. 

Sentences  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  38,  61,  96-98, 
100,  101,  104-112. 

Sentinels,  A.  W.  39. 

Spies,  p.  242,  sec.  1343  R.  S. 

Subordination  to  civil  authority,  A.  W.  55,  59. 

Subscribed  to  by  all  officers,  A.  W.  1. 
Artificers: 

Appointment,  266,  269. 

Extra-duty  pay,  171. 

Reduction,  269. 
Artificial  Limbs: 

Accounts  for  transportation  for,  1518,  1519. 

Allowance,  1517. 

Commutation,  1517. 

Issues,  1517. 

Transportation,  1518, 1519. 
Artillery: 

Precedence  of,  6. 
Artillery  Corps  (see  Battalion  Field  Artillery)  : 

Artillery  practice,  307-311. 

Artillery  School,  454. 

Bands,  251-255. 

Batteries  (see  Companies),  15. 

Chaplains  of,  43-46. 

Chief  of,  duties,  294. 

Coast  Artillery,  295-301. 

Colors,  224. 

Command,  294. 

Companies.    (See  Companies.) 

Efficiency  reports,  838-842. 

Electrician    sergeants.     (See   Electrician   Ser- 
geants.) 

Field  Artillery,  295,  302-305. 

Master  electricians  (see  Post  Noncommissioned 
Staff),  300. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  300,  304-306. 

Noncommissioned  staff,  300,  304-306. 

Practice,  artillery,  307-311. 

Veterinarians.    (See  Veterinarians.) 
Artillery  Districts: 

Adjutant,  300. 

Administrative  unit,  296. 

Commanders  of,  296,  298. 


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INDEX. 


Artillery  Districts— Continued. 

Composition  of,  296. 

Correspondence  in,  297. 

Established,  29G. 

Records,  301. 

Staff  of,  299,  1299. 

Transfer  of  lieutenants  in,  48. 
Artillery,  Field  (see  Battalion  Field  Artillery): 

Administrative  unit,  302. 
Artillery  Horses.     See  Public  Animals. 
Artillery  Memoranda,  308. 
Artillery  Practice,  307-311. 

Ammunition,  309. 

Reports,  311. 

Allowances  for,  309,  310. 

Methods,  307,  308. 

Targets,  310. 

Artillery  School,  187,  188,  454. 
Artisans: 

Extra  duty,  168. 
Assault  and  Battery  with  Intent,  etc. : 

Punishable,  A.  W.  58. 
Assignment  Cards  of  Recruits,  883. 
Assignment  Of  Pay,  1285,  1286. 
Assignment: 

To  command,  13. 

Field  officers,  238. 
Assistant  Secretary  of  War: 

Honors  to,  381. 

Salutes  to,  404. 
Asylum  for  Insane,  464-469. 
Athletic  Appliances: 

Transportation  of,  346. 
Attaches: 

Allowances,  1106,  1142-1145. 
Attorney-General: 

Counsel,  1004,  1005. 
Auditor  for  the  War  Department: 

Certificates  of  merit,  184. 

Deceased  officers,  85. 

Deceased  soldiers,  163, 164. 
Authority: 

Civil,  support  of.    (See  Civil  Authority.} 

How  exercised,  2. 

In  military  service,  exercise  of,  2. 
Awaiting  Orders: 

Officers  entitled  to  quarters,  1039. 
Awaiting  Trial: 

Soldiers,  935,  939. 
Awaiting: 

Result  of  trial,  935,  939. 
Awards  (see Proposals),  541-546. 

Certificates  of  merit,  181-185. 

Medals  of  honor,  180. 
Baggage: 

Allowances,  1128-1131,  1141-1145. 

Commissioned  officers,  1128-1131,  1141-1145. 

Enlisted  men,  1130,  1141-1145. 

Professional  books  and  papers,  1143-1145. 

Transportation  of,  1130, 1141-1145. 
Bakeries.     (See  Post  Bakeries.) 
Bakers.     (See  Post  Bakeries.) 
Bakery  Funds: 

Accounts  of,  325,  326. 

Custodian,  324. 

Deposits,  321. 

Distribution  of,  323. 


Bakery  Funds— Continued. 

Expenditures,  333,  334. 

Sources  of,  323. 
Bands: 

Artillery,  251-255,  323. 

Cavalry,  251-255. 

Engineers,  251-255. 

Funds,  A.  C.,  322. 

Infantry,  251-255. 

Musical  instruments,  253. 

Musicians,  234. 

Music  paper,  253. 

National  airs,  255. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  251. 

Patriotic  airs,  255. 

Purchases  for,  253. 

Station,  252. 

Uniforms,  1177. 
Barrack  Chairs,  1029. 
Barracks  (see  Barracks  and  Quarters) : 

Assignment,  1032, 1034. 

Buildings,  1027. 

Bunks,  1030. 

Care,  1018. 

Chairs,  1029, 1030. 

China,  1030. 

Damages,  1018,  1019. 

Furniture  of,  1028-1030. 

Glassware,  1030. 

Hiring,  1035,  1036. 

Lockers,  1028. 

Rented  buildings,  1026. 

Barracks  and  Quarters  (for  matters  relating  ex- 
clusively to  quarters  for  troops,  see  Barracks; 
for  matters  relating  exclusively  to  quarters 
for  officers,  see  Quarters) : 

Allotments  for  repairs,  1021-1024. 

Annual  inspection,  1020, 1022. 

Damage  to,  1019. 

Estimates  for  repairs,  1020. 

Expenditures  on,  1025,1027. 

Inspected,  1018,  1020. 

Neglect  of,  1019. 

Numbering,  1027. 

Private  buildings,  1026. 

Record  of  expenditures  on,  1027. 

Reports  of  expenditures  on,  1025. 

Vacated,  1018,  1026. 
Bathing,  277. 
Battalion  Commanders,  15. 

Command,  235. 

Duties,  235-247. 

Staff,  239-241. 

Succession  to  command,  235. 
Battalions: 

Command,  15,  235. 

Composition,  235. 

Constitution,  235. 

Designation,  applies  to  what,  15. 

Incomplete,  235. 

Noncommissioned  staff,  247. 

Not  organized  into  regiments  (see  Regiments), 
235. 

Provisional,  235. 

Records,  235. 

Reports  of  battles,  822. 

Staff,  239-241. 


INDEX. 


259 


Battalions— Continued. 

Station,  235. 

Succession  to  command,  235. 
Battalior  Field  Artillery: 

Administrative  unit,  302. 

Composition  of,  302. 

Duties  of  commander,  235,  298. 

Noncommissioned  officers  of,  304,  305. 

Regulations  applying  to,  235. 

Staff  of,  303,  305. 
Battalion  Staff,  239-241. 

Appointment,  239-240. 

Rank,  239. 

Separate  battalions,  240. 

Term  of  office,  240. 
Batteries,  Field  (see  Companies): 

Guidons,  230. 

Horses  for  officers,  1102, 1103. 
Battle  (.niu IK!  Cemeteries: 

Graves,  490,  491. 

Headboards,  491. 

Identification  of  bodies,  490. 

Interments,  490. 

Record,  490. 

Register,  490. 

Reports,  491. 

Sketch  of,  490. 
Battle  Reports,  822-825. 

Battalions,  separate,  822. 

Companies,  822. 

Detachments,  822. 

Officers  of  the  General  Staff,  822. 

Regiments,  822. 
Bayard,  Fort: 

General  hospital,  1473,  1474. 
Bedding,  1090, 1091. 
Beer: 

Sale  in  exchanges  prohibited,  382. 
Beeswax: 

Issue  of,  1243. 
Behavior: 

Members  of  courts-martial,  A.  W.  87. 

Marches,  A.  W.  55. 

Quarters,  A.W.  55. 
Bidders.     (See  Proposals.) 
Blacksmiths: 

Appointment,  266,  269. 

Extra  duty  pay,  171. 

Reduction,  269. 

Tools,  1104. 
Blanks  and  Blank  Books: 

Accounts  current,  630. 

Authority  of,  1603. 

Directions  on,  1603. 

Guaranty  for,  534. 

How  obtained,  513,  1603. 

Lists  of,  1603. 

Manuscript  instead  of,  1604. 

Returns  of  books,  339. 

Requisitions  for,  513,  1603. 

Supplied  by- 
Engineer  Department.     (See  Manual.) 


Blanks  and  Blank  Books— Continued. 

Supplied  by— 
Inspector-General's  Department,  as  follows— 

Reports,  inventory  and  inspection  (No.  1), 
912. 

Reports,  Inventory  and  inspection  (No.  la), 
inside  sheets,  912. 

Personal  report  (No.  2),  836. 

Personal  report,  tabular  statement  of  (No. 
2a),  836. 

Reports,    inspection    of    money    accounts 
(No. 3),  909, 910. 

Lists  of  checks  outstanding  (No.  3a),  909, 
910. 

Reports  of   inspection  of   national  ceme- 
teries (No. 4),  899. 
Judge- Advocate-General's  Department.    (See 

Manual. ) 

Medical  Department.    (See  Manual.) 
Military  Secretary's  Office,  as  follows— 

Muster  roll  (5  and  7  sheet),  812. 

Muster  roll,  detachment,  812. 

Muster  roll,  field,  staff,  and  band,  812. 

Muster    roll,  hospital   corps   detachment, 
812. 

Muster  roll,  ordnance  detachment,  812. 

Descriptive  and  assignment  card,  883-886. 

Outline  figure  card,  873-881. 

Descriptive  list,  military  record  and  state- 
ment of  accounts,  103. 

Enlistment  paper,  866. 

Certificate    of    disability    for    discharge, 
157. 

Inventory  of  effects   of  deceased    soldier, 
160. 

Report  of  cases  trie4  by  summary  court, 
900. 

Descriptive  list  of  deserters,  116. 

Soldiers'  deposits. 

Record  of  summary  court,  963. 

Statement  of  service,  961. 

Bureau  return,  817. 

Return  of  district,  brigade,  division,  corps, 
and  department,  817. 

Post  return,  817. 

Regimental  return  (and  mod  el),  81 7. 

Company  return  (and  model),  817. 

Return  of  casualties  in  action  (and  model), 
825. 

Special  field  return. 

Report  of  instruction,  battery  field  artil- 
lery. 

Letter    requesting     authority     to     adver- 
tise. 

Return  of  recruiting  party  and   recruits, 
886. 

Trimonthly     report,    recruiting     service, 
851-866. 

Account  of  clothing  issued  to  recruits. 

Physical  examination  of  recruit,  873-881. 

Recruiting  poster,  849-887. 

Letter  to  postmaster  to  accompany  recruit- 
ing posters,  849-887. 

Recruiting     poster,     engineer     battalion, 
849-887. 


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INDEX. 


Blanks  and  Blank  Books — Continued. 
Supplied  by — 
Military  Secretary's  Office,  as  follows— 

Subpoena  for  civilian  witness,  959,  998-1002. 

Subpoena  duces  tecum,  959,  998-1002. 

Interrogatories    and    deposition,    A.     W. 
91. 

Names  of   officers   and  enlisted   men  on 
transport,  818. 

Recruiting  poster,  Signal  Corps,  849-887. 

Subpoena  for  civilian  witness  for  deposition, 
959,  998-1002,  A.  W.  91. 

Application  for  enlistment,  849-887. 

Letter     of     inquiry    (recruiting     officer), 
849-887. 

Individual     service     report     A,    Artillery 
Corps,  838. 

Efficiency  report  B,  Artillery  Corps,  838. 

Account   current,    contingent    fund,    197, 
625. 

Abstract  of  expenditures,  contingent  fund, 
197,  625. 

Voucher,  contingent  fund,  197,  625. 

Return  of  property,  contingent  fund,  197. 

Statement  of  financial  operations  of  post 
exchange,  351. 

Report  of  post  school,  454. 

Return  of  instruction  (col leges),  454. 

Return  of  books  in  library,  338. 

Monthly  report  of  chaplains,  45. 

Noncommissioned  officer's  warrant,    cav- 
alry and  infantry,  101,  247,  265. 

Medical  certificate  for  leave  of  absence, 
57. 

Furlough,  104. 

Final  statement,  139. 

Discharge  certificate  (honorable),  148. 

Recruiting  handbill. 

Statement  and  certificate  of  bond. 

Efficiency  report  B,  838. 

Efficiency  report  B.  Ordnance  Department, 
838. 

Efficiency  report  C,  838. 

Monthly    return     of    general     prisoners, 
944. 

Discharge    certificate    (without     honor), 
148. 

Discharge  certificate  (dishonorable),  148. 

Noncommissioned  officer's  warrant,  Artil- 
lery Corps,  101,  265. 

Power    and     communications,     artillery 
posts. 

Quarterly  report  of  artillery  inspection. 

Letter  transmitting  Form  91. 

Recruiting  circular,  849-887. 

Wrapper  for  recruiting  poster,  849-887. 

Warrant  of  attachment,  959. 

Summons  for  military  witness,  956'. 

Noncommissioned  officer's  warrant,  Engi- 
neers. 

Noncommissioned  officer's  warrant,   Ord- 
nance. 

Noncommissioned  officer's  warrant,  Signal 
Corps. 


Blanks  and  Blank  Books— Continued. 
Supplied  by- 
Military  Secretary's  Office,  as  follo\\>— 

Personal  report  of  general  and  staff  offi- 
cers, 833,  836. 

Personal  report  of  officer,  absent  from  his 
regiment,  corps,  or  command,  834. 

Personal  report  of  retired  officer,  836. 

Report  of  surveying  officer,  713-728. 

Notification  of  discharge  to  paymasters,  153. 

Record,  description,  and  accounts,  enlisted 
men,  271. 

Duty  roster,  273. 

Company  council  book,  271. 

Company  morning  report  book,  271. 

Company  sick  report  book,  271. 

Consolidated  morning  report  book,  208. 

Descriptive  book  of  public  animals,  271. 

Field  morning  report  book,  271. 

Letters  received,  208,  249,  271,  301. 

Letters  sent,  208,  249,  271,  301. 

Morning  report  book,  detachment  hospital 
corps. 

Order  book,  208,  249,  271,  301. 

Post  council  book,  208! 

Post  guard  report  book,  208. 

Regimental  descriptive  book,  249. 
Ordnance  Department.     (See  Manual. ) 
Pay  Department,  as  follows— 

No.  3.  Pay  of  officers,  1283. 

No.  10.  Pay,  enlisted  men  retired,  135. 

No.  11.  Mileage    and    transportation,    offi- 
cers, 1307, 1308. 

No.  12.  Mileage    and    transportation,   pay- 
masters' clerks,  740. 

No.  13  A.  Civilian  witness  not  in  Govern- 
ment employ,  998-1002. 

No.  13  B.  Civilian  witness  in  Government 
employ,  998-1002. 

No.  14.  Payment  of  ordnance  sergeant.  1365. 

No.  17.  Pay  and  commutation  of  officers, 
1283, 1327. 

No.  18  O.  List  of  soldiers'  allotments,  1375, 
1376. 

No.  18  D.  List  of  soldiers'  allotments,  1375, 
1376. 

No.  19.  Soldiers'  allotments,  discontinued, 
1377, 1378. 

No.  25.  Roll,  clerks   and   messengers,    de 
partment  headquarters,  731. 

No.  27.  Pay  of  reporters,  995. 

No.  28.  Roll,  pay,  812. 

1  sheet  (11  lines). 

2  sheets  (51  lines). 

3  sheets  (91  lines). 

4  sheets  (131  lines). 

5  sheets  (171  lines). 

6  sheets  (211  lines). 
Extra  sheet  (40  lines). 

No.  33.  Army  nurse  roll. 

Soldier's  deposit  book,  1388. 
Quartermaster's  Department.     (See  Manua<  i 
Signal  Department.     (See  Manual. ) 
Subsistence  Department.    (See  Manual.) 


INDEX. 


261 


Blank  Receipts,  forbidden: 

Money,  641. 

Property,  674. 
Blank  Touchers: 

Forbidden,  641. 
Boarding  Visits,  411. 
Board  of  Ordnance  and  Fortification: 

Chief  of  Artillery,  member  of,  294. 
Boards  of  Officers: 

Character  on  discharge,  146. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  747. 

Deceased  officers,  86. 

Insane  officers,  86. 

Loss  of  private  property,  729. 

Retiring,  77,  78. 
Boats: 

Flags  and  pennants,  232. 

Precedence,  etc.,  417. 
Bonds: 

Bidders,  533,534. 

Contractors,  567-579. 

Corporations,  571, 579. 

Disbursing  officers,  565, 566. 

Execution,  568, 569. 

Guaranties,  533, 524. 

Labor,  570. 

Material,  570. 

Waived,  567. 

When  required,  567. 
Books:  (See  Blanks  and  Blank  Books.) 

Artillery  district,  301. 

Company,  271,272. 

Post,  208. 

Professional,  1143-1145. 

Regimental,  249. 

Returns  of,  338, 339. 

Transportation  of— 
Chapels,  1151. 
Libraries,  1151. 
Professional,  1143-1145. 
Branches  of  National  Home: 

Inspection,  897. 
Branding: 

Animals,  1073. 

Property,  680. 

Punishment,  A.  W.  98. 
Bread : 

Baking  of — 
In  bakeries,  331. 
In  companies,  336. 
Breakage: 

Tableware,  1188. 
Brevet  Rank: 

Salutes,  405. 
Bridges: 

Transportation  over,  1182. 
Briefs  of  Letters,  780. 

Brigadier-General.      (See  Commissioned  Officers.) 
Brushes: 

Blacking,  1243. 

Hair,  1243. 

Shaving,  1243. 

Scrubbing,  1191. 

Tooth,  1243. 
Bugles,  1190. 
Buildings: 

Construction  and  repairs,  204-205,  710. 


Buildings— Continued. 

Damages  to,  1018,  1019. 

Expenditures,  1027. 

Inspection,  1018,  1020,  1026. 

Lighting,  1056-1067. 

Record  book  of,  1027. 

Repairs,  1018, 1027. 

Restriction  on  expenditures,  204,  205,  710,  711. 
Bunks,  1030. 

Cleanliness  of,  278.  - 

Names  of  occupant  attached,  276. 
Bureaus: 

Purchases  from,  675. 

Transfers  between,  675. 
Burglary  in  Time  of  War: 

Punishable,  A.  W.  13. 
Burials  (see  Cemeteries;  also  Funerals): 

Officers,  87. 

Enlisted  men,  165. 
Buttons,  1243. 
Cadets: 

Appointments  of,  as  officers,  27,  37. 

Expelled  for  hazing,  37. 

Rank,  9. 

Service  as,  restriction,  37. 
Call  to  Quarters,  375. 

Camp  and  Garrison  Equipage.     (See  Equipage.) 
Camps: 

Colors,  233. 

Designation  applied  to,  199. 

Followers,  A.  W.  63. 

Inspections  of,  898. 

One  mile  from,  A.  W.  34. 

Retainers  to,  A.  W.  63. 
Candles,  1221. 

Issues,  extra,  1242. 
Cannon : 

Salutes  with,  397-409. 
Canteens  (see  Post  Exchanges),  363-365. 
Captains,  Army.     (See  Commissioned  Officers.) 
Captain,  Navy: 

Relative  rank,  12. 
Captured  Property,  A.  W.  9. 

Returns  of,  826. 
Cartridges: 

Allowance  for  small  arms  practice,  356. 
Casting  Away  Arms,  etc.,  A.  W.  42. 
Casualties: 

Reports  of,  824,  825. 
Casualty  Lists,  824,  825. 
Cavalry: 

Precedence,  6. 

Cavalry  and  Light  Artillery  School,  187,  188,  454. 
Cavalry  Regiments  (see  Regiments): 

Bands,  251-255. 

Camp  colors,  233. 

Guidons,  229. 

Standards,  226. 

Veterinarians,  88-92. 
Cemeteries: 

Battle  Ground,  490,  491. 

National,  489,  899. 

Post,  492-497. 
Ceremonies: 

Conformity  to  drill  regulations,  439. 

Flag,  441. 

Inspections,  443,  904. 


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INDEX. 


Ceremonies— Continued. 
Memorial  Day,  444. 
Musters,  442,  443. 
Parades,  440. 

Precedence  of  corps,  regiments,  etc.,  6. 
Certificates: 

False,  A.  W.  13. 
Certificates  of  Deposit: 

Appropriation,  612,  617. 

Defined,  612. 

Deposits,  612-617. 

Duplicates,  613. 

Originals,  613,  617. 

Pay  Department,  615. 

Record,  617. 
Certificates  of  Disability,  157-159. 

By  whom  given,  157. 

Contents,  157,  159. 

Pension,  159. 

Permanent,  157-159. 

Certificates  of  Discharge  (see  Discharges),  138-159. 
Certificates  of  Fact: 

Responsibility  for,  658. 
Certificates  of  Merit,  181-185. 

Award  of,  181, 182. 

Extra  pay,  183, 184,  1370. 

Recommendations,  181, 182. 
Certificates  of  Pay  Due: 

Purchase  of,  forbidden,  597. 
Chain: 

Barrack,  1029,  1030. 
Challenges: 

Members  of  courts,  A.  W.  88. 

To  duels,  A.  W.  26-28. 
Changes  of  Address: 

Officers  detached  report,  835. 

Officers  on  leave  report,  64. 

Retired  officers  report,  836. 
Changes  of  Station: 

Allowance  of  baggage,  1128-1131,  1141-1145. 

Civilian  employees,  731,  742. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1331,1332. 

Staff  officers,  745,  746. 

Travel  allowances.    (See  Mileage.) 

Travel  with  troops,  1309. 
Channels  of  Communication,  788-794. 
Chapels,  337. 
Chaplains: 

Assignments,  43. 

Duties,  45,  46. 

Inspections,  46,  906. 

Occasions  of  ceremony,  46. 

Reviews,  46. 

Transfers,  43. 
Character: 

Civilian,  candidate  for  appointment,  34,  36. 

Enlisted   men,    candidates   for   appointment, 
28-30. 

On  discharge.     (See  Discharge  of  Enlisted  Men.) 
Charges  and  Specifications,  960-964. 

Disposition,  961-964. 

Forwarding,  962. 

Inferior  courts,  964. 

Investigation,  962. 

Offenses  cognizable  by  summary  court,  964. 

Records  of  previous  convictions,  961,  963,  970. 

Statements  of  service,  961. 

Summary  court,  964. 


Charges  d'Affaires: 

Honors  to,  404. 

Salutes  to,  404. 
Charges  of  Desertion: 

Effects  1400-1402. 
Check: 

Payments  of  enlisted  men  by,  1343-1365. 
Checks: 

Amounts,  entry  of,  601. 

Check  books.    (See  Check  Books.) 

Contents,  600,  601. 

Drawn,  how,  588,  600,  601. 

Duplicate,  603. 

Favor  of  self,  600. 

Forms,  600,  601. 

Issued  more  than  three  years,  608. 

Limit  on  amount  of,  603. 

Mutilated,  611. 

Order,  600. 

Outstanding,  604-608. 

Payments  by,  600,  603. 

Signature,  585. 
Check  Books: 

Assistant  treasurer,  609. 

Issue,  609. 

Mutilated,  611. 

Official,  609-611. 

National-bank  depository,  610. 

Transfers,  609,  610. 

Treasurer,  609. 
Chief  Clerk, War  Department: 

Advertising,  498-508. 
Chief  Commissary: 

Call  direct  on  purchasing  commissaries,  1206, 
1207. 

Commissary  book  for  each  station,  1207. 

Supervises  requisitions,  1207. 
Chief  Justice  of  the  United  States: 

Honors  to,  381. 

Salutes  to,  404. 
Chief  Magistrate,  Foreign: 

Salutes  to,  404. 
Chief  Magistrate  of  State: 

Disrespectful  words  to,  A.  W.  19. 
Chief  Musician: 

Allowances,  1051. 

Rank,  9. 
Chief  of  Artillery: 

Assignments,  recommendations  for,  294. 

Board  of  Ordnance  and  Fortification,  294. 

Chief  of  Ordnance,  conferences  with,  294. 

Clerical  service,  294. 

Command,  294. 

Duties,  294. 

General  Staff  Corps,  294. 

Instruction,  294. 

Recommendations,  294. 

Records,  294. 

Sites  for  forts,  294. 

Supervision,  artillery  corps,  294. 
Transfers,  294. 
Chief  of  Engineers: 
Command,  1523-1525. 
Duties,  1522-1525, 1535. 
Chief  of  Ordnance: 

Conferences  with  Chief  of  Artillery,  294. 
Courts-martial,  A.  W.81. 
Duties,  1540, 1544, 1546. 


INDEX. 


263 


Chief  of  Ordnance— Continued. 

Ordnance  depots,  1544-1546. 
Chief  of  Staff  (see  General  Staff  Corps): 

Absence  or  disability  of,  771. 

Detail  ceases,  764. 

Detail  of,  764.       . 

Duties  of,  756-759, 765-770, 772. 

Supervisory  powers  of,  756, 765-767. 

Chief  of  Staff  Departments  of  Command  (see  Chief 

Commissary;  Chief  Paymasters  of  Departments; 

Chief   Quartermasters   of   Departments;    Chief 

Surgeons;    Judge- Advocate    of  a    Command; 

•  Senior  Engineer  Officer  with  Command;  Senior 
Signal  Officer  with  Command): 

Command,  increase  or  dimunition  of,  753. 

Designation  of,  196. 

Estimates,  revised  by,  753. 

Markets,  cheapest  ascertained  and  recommend- 
ed, 753. 

Requisitions,  revised  by,  753. 

Transportation,  determines  economical  route, 

753. 
Chief  of  Staff  of  Command: 

Designation,  194,196,774. 

Duties  of,  775. 
Chief  Ordnance  Officers  of  Departments: 

Requisitions  for  ordnance  supplies,  1547. 
Chief  Paymasters  of  Departments: 

Detail,  195. 

General  duties  and  responsibilities,  195, 1281. 

Payment  to  enlisted  men,  1343. 

Travel  allowances,  1311. 
Chief  Quartermasters  of  Departments: 

Candles  for  offices  and  storerooms,  1242. 

Clothing  and  equipage,  1156, 1157. 

Detail  of,  and  duties,  195. 

Estimates  for  funds,  1017, 1025. 

Fuel  and  stoves,  office,  1051. 
Chief  Signal  Officer: 

Army  and  Navy  signal  codes.  ( See  Signal  Codes. ) 

Courts-martial,  A.  W.  81. 

General  duties,  1588-1590, 1598. 

Instruction  and  practice  in  signaling,  1594. 

Signal  Corps  sergeants,  1589. 

Signaling  operations  in  the  field,  1590. 

Signal  supplies,  1596-1598. 
Chiefs  of  Bureaus: 

Blank  forms,  1603. 

Boards  of  officers,  747. 

Changes  of  station  of  officers,  744. 

Condemned  property,  914, 915. 

Contingent,  departments,  197. 

Correspondence,  748, 788, 789, 792. 

Efficiency  reports,  838, 842. 

Examination  of  money  accounts,  659, 660. 

Inspection  reports,  908. 

Leaves  of  absence,  52. 

Manuals  of  departments,  1602. 

Property  returns,  706, 707. 

Public  moneys,  581. 

Remittances  to  officers,  622. 

Reports  of  surveys  on  property,  725, 726. 

Stoppages  of  officers'  pay,  1329-1339. 
Supplying  volunteers  and  militia,  744. 
Turning  property  into  depots,  915. 
Chief  Surgeons: 
Casualty  returns,  824. 
Detail  of,  and  duties,  195. 


Chief  Trumpeter: 

Rank,  9. 

Chimneys,  1058,1060. 
China,  1029,1030. 
Citizenship: 

Civilian  candidate,  34. 

Enlisted  man,  candidate  for  promotion,  28. 

Recruit,  858. 

Civil  Appointments,  27,34-36. 
Civil  Authority: 

Support  of,  483-488. 
Civil  Courts: 

Civilian  employees  as  witnesses,  1003. 

Enlisted  men  as  witnesses,  75,1326. 

Officers  as  witnesses,  75, 1326. 

Transcripts  from  records,  144. 

Transportation  for  witnesses,  75. 
Civil  Office,  82. 
Civil  Rights: 

Enforcement  of,  484. 
Civilian  Counsel: 

Application  to  employ,  1005. 

Employment  of,  1004, 1005. 
Civilian  Employees: 

Appointment  of  clerks  and  messengers,  731. 

Changes  of  station,  731, 742. 

Certificates  on  discharge,  733. 

Civil  Service,  730. 

Clerks,  731-733, 742. 

Computation  of  time,  655. 

Department  commander,  supervision,  732. 

Designation  on  rolls,  733. 

Discharged,  unpaid,  733. 

Eight-hour  rule,  734. 

Emergency,  labor  in,  734. 

Employment,  730. 

Expenditures  for,  732. 

Fuel,  1051. 

Hours  of  labor,  734. 

Hospital  treatment,  1485, 1486. 

Inspectors,  733. 

Mechanics,  730, 733. 

Medical  attendance,  1500. 

Messengers,  731. 

Packers,  733. 

Quarters,  1051. 

Rations,  1219, 1233. 

Selection,  730,731. 

Storekeepers,  733. 

Stores,  1051. 

Subsistence,  737, 739, 1219. 

Teamsters,  730, 733. 

Travel  expenses,  735-742. 

Watchmen,  733. 
Civilians: 

Admission  to  hospital,  1487. 

Commissioning,  27, 33-36. 

Eligibility  for  commissions,  33-36. 

Public  property  lost  by,  724. 
Civilian  Witnesses: 

Compensation  for,  998-1003. 

Refusal  to  testify,  1000. 

Subpoenas,  956, 957. 

Writs  to  compel  attendance  959. 
Civil  Service  Rules,  730. 
Claims: 

False,  A.  W.  60. 

Private  property  lost,  729. 

Purchase  of,  592 


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INDEX. 


Clerks  (see  Civilian  Employees): 

Courts-martial,  994. 

Disbursing  officer,  of,  592. 

Extra-duty  pay,  168. 
Clerks  and  Messengers,  730,731,889. 
Clothing  (see  Equipage) : 

Accounts.    (See  Clothing  Accounts.) 

Allowances,  1153, 1166-1177. 

Altering,  270. 

Arctic  overshoes,  1176. 

Bands,  1177. 

Blanket-lined  garments,  1178. 

Burial  of  enlisted  men,  1183. 

Deceased  soldiers,  1183. 

Deserters,  115, 1173-1175. 

Estimates,  1154-1162. 

Fur  garments,  1176, 1178. 

Gauntlets,  fur,  1176,  1178. 

Gratuitous  issues,  1182,  1483. 

Issues,  1166,  1167,  1176-1178,  1181-1183. 

Mittens,  1176. 

Price  lists,  1153. 

Prisoners,  946, 1180, 1181. 

Recruiting  service,  1159. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  136. 

Revision  of  estimates,  1156-1158. 

Sales  of,  1184, 1185. 

Sizes,  1160-1163. 

Special  requisitions,  1158, 1159. 

Tables,  annual,  1153. 
Clothing  Accounts  : 

Allowances,  1170, 1174. 

Blanks  for  keeping,  271,  1168. 

Contain  what,  1168. 

Deserters',  1173, 1174, 1175. 

Method  of  settling,  1169, 1171, 1172. 

Settled,  when,  1169. 
Codes : 

Army  and  Navy,  1594, 1596. 

War  Department  telegraphic,  1588. 
Collections: 

Credit  sales,  1269, 1275,  1276. 

Deposit  of,  615. 
Collect  Messages,  1202. 
College  Details,  42. 
Colleges,  42. 

Colonel.    (See  Commissioned  Officers.) 
Colored  Inks: 

Use  restricted,  829. 
Colors: 

Artillery  Corps,  224. 

Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  219. 

Camp,  233. 

Cavalry  regiment,  226. 

Engineers,  222,  223. 

Infantry  regiments,  225 

President,  215. 

Secretary  of  War,  218. 

Use,  227,  228,  234. 

Service,  228. 
Command: 

Artillery  districts,  296. 

Appropriate  to  grades,  14. 

Assignments  to,  18,  19,  186. 

Companies,  14,  258,  259. 

Escorts,  20. 


Command— Continued : 
Exercise  of,  13,  14,  A.  W.  24,  122. 
Regiment,  14. 

Second  in,  duty  on  death  of  officer,  A.  W.  125. 
Staff,  18, 19. 

Succession  to,  13,  17,  A.  W.  122. 
Suspension  from,  A.  W.  101. 
Command  of  the  Army,  764. 
Exercised,  how,  764. 
Peace,  in  time  of,  764. 
President,  rests  with,  764. 
War,  in  time  of,  764. 
Commander,  Nary: 
Relative  rank,  12. 
Commanders  of  Divisions  and  Departments.    (See 

Department  and  Division  Commanders. ) 
Commanding  Officers: 
Contracts  and  vouchers  scrutinized  by,  754. 
Courtesies,  410-416. 
Disrespect  to,  A.  W.  20. 
Economy  enforced  by,  754. 
Escorts,  419. 
Estimates,  751,  752,  754. 
Estimates  submitted  to,  752. 
Extravagance  corrected  by,  754. 
Hours  for  duties,  reports,  issues,  fixed  by,  378. 
Liquor  on  Indian  reservations,  470. 
Marches,  order  on,  A.  W.  54. 
Orders  of,  for  expenditures,  657. 
Property  responsibility,  662. 
Public  property  protected  by,  754. 
Recruiting  officer  appointed  by,  849. 
Reports  and  returns  rendered  by  (P=post;  R= 

regimental;  B = battalion)— 
Daily- 
Guard  report,  P,  208. 

Morning  report,  P,  208. 

Sick  report,  P.  R,  271, 1498. 
Trimonthly — 

Recruiting  service,  P,  R,  866. 
Monthly- 
Cases  tried  by  summary  court,  P,  R,  B,  990. 

Chaplain's  report,  R,  45. 

Pay  rolls,  P,  R,  812,  813. 

Personal  reports,  B,  837. 

Return  of  general  prisoners,  P,  944. 

Return  of  recruiting  service,  P,  R,  866.* 

Return  of  command,  P,  R,  817. 

Sanitary  report,  P,  1414. 
Bimonthly — 

Muster  rolls,  P,  R,  812,  813. 
Semiannually— 

Operations  of  exchange,  P,  351. 
Annually— 

Efficiency  reports,  P,  R,  838. 

Inspection,  P,  1020. 

Interments,  P,  497. 

Return  of  books,  P,  R,  338. 

Small-arms  practice,  P,  R,  355. 
When  required,  occasional — 

Battles,  engagements,  R,  B,  822. 

Captured  property,  R,  826. 

Casualties,  R,  825. 

Death  of  officer,  P,  83. 

Deserter  from  Navy  dropped,  P,  R,  132. 

Deserter  received,  P,  118. 

Desertion  from  command,  P,  R,  117,  118. 


INDEX. 


265 


Commanding  Officers— Continued. 
Reports  and  returns  rendered  by— 
When  required  occasional- 
Musicians  required,  R,  254. 
Nonreceipt  of  general  orders,  807. 
Officers  incapacitated,  P,  R,  B,  76. 
Orders  affecting  pay,  811. 
Return  of  troops  joining  or  leaving,  P,  R, 

818. 

Return  of  troops  sailing  or  arriving,  R,  818. 
Transfer  of  officers,  R,  48. 
Requisitions,  751,  754. 
Requisitions  submitted  to,  752. 
Roll  calls,  hours  for,  fixed  by,  378. 
Supervises  rendition  of  returns,   requisitions, 

and  estimates,  751. 

Supervision  of  public  property,  661-707. 
Surrender  of  offenders,  A.  W.  59.. 
Vessels  of  war,  411-416. 
Visits,  410-416. 
Commands: 

Appropriate  to  grades,  14. 
Assignments  to,  13. 
Discontinued,  records  of,  777,  828. 
Higher  grade,  pay  of,  1294. 
Succession  to,  16,  17. 
Commissaries: 
Estimates,  1208. 
Requisitions,  1208. 
Commissary,  Acting: 

Pay,  1296.     • 
Commissary  Sergeants: 
Post,  9,  93-99. 
Regimental,  9,  247. 
Commission: 
Date  of,  9. 

Commissioned  Officers: 
Absent.    (See  Absent  Officer.) 
Accountability — 
For  money,  580-660. 
For  property,  661,  662,  1092-1098. 
Actual  expenses  for  sea  travel,  1308. 
Aids,  41. 
Allowances- 
Additional  pay,  1294-1300. 
Baggage,  transportation  of,  1128-1131,  1141- 

1145. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1051, 1327. 
Equipage,  1153. 
Forage,  1086-1088. 
Fuel,  1043,  1044,  1046-1051. 
Medical  attendance,  1500,  1502. 
Medicines,  1500. 
Mileage,  1307,  1308. 
Parlor  or  sleeping  car,  1134. 
Quarters,  1031-1042. 
Rooms,  1051. 
Stationery,  1069. 
Stoves,  1051. 
Street-car  tickets,  1133. 
Transportation  of  horses,  1105. 
Appointment  of.    (See  Appointments. ) 
Arrest,  929-934. 

Arrival   in  Washington  or  at  military  head- 
quarters, report,  832. 
Assignment  of  quarters,  1032. 
Attaches,  1106. 


Commissioned  Officers— Continued. 
Baggage,  1128-1131,  1141-1145. 
Bonds,  565-579. 
Certificates,  A.  W.  12. 
Chaplains,  43-46. 
Civil  office,  restriction  on,  82. 
Claims  for  property  lost,  729. 
College  details,  42. 
Command  of.     (See  Command.) 
Commutation  of  quarters,  1051,  1327. 
Conduct  unbecoming  an  officer   and  gentle 

man,  A.  W.  61. 
Courtesies,  4,  410-418,  795. 
Cowardice,  A.  W.  100. 
Credit  sales,  1266,  1268, 1269, 1276. 
Death.of  (see  Deceased  Officers),  83-87,  A.  W.  125. 
Deceased  (see  Deceased  Officers),  83-87. 
Detached  service  of,  41. 
Details  for  duty,  359-369. 
Details  to  staff,  38-40. 
Disciplinary  punishments,  960. 
Dismissal,  1289,  1292,  A.  W.  99,  100. 
Disobedience  of  orders,  A.  W.  21. 
Duties  performed  by  roster,  360. 
Disrespect  to — 

Commanding  officer,  A.  W.  20. 

Congress,  A.  W.  19. 

President,  A.  W.  19. 
Divine  service,  A.  W.  52. 
Drunk  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 
Dueling,  A.  VV.  26-28. 
Effects  of  deceased,  84,  85,  A.  W.  125. 
Effects  of  deceased  soldiers,  A.  W.  127. 
Efficiency  reports,  838-842. 
Escorts  of  honor,  419. 
Exchanges,  47,  48. 
Extra  pay,  1294-1298. 
False  alarms,  A.  W.  41. 
False  certificates,  A.  W.  13. 
False  musters,  A.  W.  14. 
Forage  allowance,  1083,  1086-1088. 
Foreign  service,  1295. 
Fraud,  publication  of  sentence,  A.  W.  100. 
Fuel,  purchases,  1043, 1044,  1046,  1051. 
Funeral  honors,  420-438. 
Honors,  380-396. 
Horses,  1101-1105. 
Illuminating  supplies,  1056, 1057. 
Incapacity  of,  76,  77,  191,  907. 
Insane,  86. 

Leaves  of  absence  (see  Leaves  of  Absence),  49-67. 
Lying  out  of  quarters,  A.  W.  31. 
Marches,  order  on,  A.  W.  54. 
Medals  of  honor,  180. 
Medical  attendance,  1500-1-502. 
Memorandum  receipts,  1095-1098. 
Misbehavior  before  enemy,  A.  W.  42. 
Mounted  pay,  1299, 1300. 
Musters,  A.  W.  12. 
Parade,  failing  to  appear,  A.  W.  33. 
Parlor  cars,  1134. 
Passports  to,  63. 
Pay,  1283-1306,  1336-1339,  1399. 
Pecuniary  responsibility,  657,  658. 
Permission  to  hunt,  65,  66. 
Personal  reports,  64,  65,  97,  100,  832-836,  1590. 
Profane  oaths,  A.  W.  53. 


266 


INDEX. 


Commissioned  Officers— Continued. 
Professional  books,  transportation,  1145. 
Promotion  of  (see  Promotions),  21-37. 
Purchases,  514-519. 

Forage,  1088. 

Fuel,  1043-1050. 

Subsistence,  1265,  1266,  1268-1270,  1276-1278. 

Ordnance,  1549-1551. 
Quitting  guard,  etc.,  A.  W.  40. 
Quitting  post  on  tender  of  resignation,  A.  W.  49. 
Rank,  7-12. 

Recruiting  details,  849. 
Redress  of  wrongs,  A.  W.  29. 
Relative  rank,  12. 

Resignations  (see  Resignations),  79-82. 
Responsibility  for — 

Payments,  657,  658. 

Property,  661-729,  1092-1098. 
Retired  officers.    (See  Retired  Officers.) 
Retirement,  76-78. 
Rosters,  359, 360. 
Salutes  by,  382,  385-387,  396. 
Salutes  to,  380,  381,  385,  388-395. 
Sales  of— 

Clothing  to,  1184. 

Fuel,  1043-1051. 

Subsistence,  1265,  1266,  1268-1270,  1276. 
Sea  travel,  1308. 
Selection  of  quarters,  1033. 
Sick  leaves  (see  Leaves  of  Absence),  49-67. 
Sleeping  cars,  1134-1140. 
Stationery,  1068-1070. 
Stationery  allowance,  1068-1070. 
Street-car  tickets,  1133. 
Subscribe  Articles  of  War,  A.  V.  1. 
Suspension,  A.  W.  101. 
Transfers,  47,  48. 

Travel  allowances.    (See  Mileage.) 
Travel  on  duty  (see  Travel  on  Duty),  68-75. 
Travel  orders  (see  Travel  on  Duty),  69-75. 
Tried  by  general  courts,  A.  W.  79. 
Uniform,  1601. 
Visits,  410-418. 

Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  75,  958,  1326. 
Committees  of  Congress: 
Honors  to,  404. 
Salutes  to,  404. 

Travel  allowances  before,  1326. 
Commodore: 

Relative  rank,  12,  note. 
Communications.     (See  Correspondence.) 
Common  Carriers: 

Loss  or  destruction  of  public  property,  724,  1148. 
Commutation: 

Artificial  limbs,  1517. 
Commutation  of  Quarters: 
Absence  from  station,  1329,  1330. 
Allowance,  1051,  1327. 
Awaiting  orders,  1333. 
Changes  of  station,  1331, 1332. 
College  duty,  1334. 
During  leave  of  absence,  1329. 
Duty  with  troops,  1328. 
Entitled  to,  1327-1334. 
Orders,  1335. 
Ordinary  leave,  1329. 
Payment,  1335. 
Sick  leave,  1329. 
Temporary  absence,  1329, 1330. 
Vouchers  for,  1335. 


Commutation  of  Rations: 

Advance,  1258. 

Allowance,  1249-1261. 

Civilians,  employees,  739. 

Claims  for,  1263,  1264. 

Discharge,  1261. 

Furlough,  1259-1263. 

Orders  for,  1255-1258. 

Payment,  1258, 1262-1264. 

Rates,  1249-1254. 

Restrictions  on,  1249-1261. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  136. 

Subsistence  in  kind,  1251-1253,  1255,  1257,  1260, 

1261. 
Transports,  1257,  1260,  1261. 

Companies  (see  Company  Noncommissioned  Offi- 
cers): 

Amusem  en  t'  rooms,  1056. 

Artificers,  266,  269. 

Blacksmiths,  266,  269. 

Books,  271. 

Captains,  detachment  of,  256. 

Clothing  issues,  1165-1175. 

Command  of,  14,  258,  259. 

Cooking,  287-293. 

Cooks,  266,  269. 

Councils.    (See  Councils  of  Administration.) 

Designation,  applies  to  what,  15. 

Farriers,  290,  292. 

Field  musicians,  266,  269. 

Funds,  312-317, 327-330, 1151. 

Gardens,  347. 

Inspections,  274. 

Lieutenants,  258,  260. 

Lights,  1056-1067. 

Mechanics,  266,  269. 

Mess  call,  376. 

Messing,  287-293. 

Morning  reports,  378. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  261-268. 

Payments  to,  1343-1365. 

Police  call,  379. 

Records,  271-273. 

Roll  calls,  375-379. 

Saddlers,  266, 269. 

Savings,  1246-1248. 

Squads,  275,  278,  279. 

Tailors,  270. 

Trumpeters,  266,  269. 

Wagoners,  266,  269. 
Company  Commanders: 

Allotments,  1374-1387. 

Deceased  soldiers,  160-165. 

Detached  service,  256. 

Discharges,  138-159. 

Deposits,  1388-1396. 

Descriptive  lists,  103,  113,  1479. 

Disciplinary  punishments,  960. 

Duties,  237, 257-293. 

Equipage,  1153. 

Final  statements,  139-156, 1389, 1390, 1403-1411. 

Funds.    (See  Company  Funds.) 

Inspections,  274. 

Lieutenants,  260. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  261-268. 

Payments  by,  1343-1348. 

Public  property,  281. 


INDEX. 


267 


Company  Commanders— Continued. 

Reports  made  by — 
Daily— 

Morning  report,  271,  378. 

Sick  report,  271,  1498. 
Monthly- 
Allotments,  commenced,  1375. 

Allotments,  discontinued,  1378. 

Company  return,  817, 819. 

List  of  absentees  from  muster,  439. 

Payrolls,  271,812. 
Bimonthly — 

Muster  rolls,  271,812. 
Quarterly- 
Estimate  for  clothing  and  equipage,  1154. 

Estimates  for  tableware,  1187. 

Requisition  for  stationery,  1068. 

Requisition  for  brooms,  etc.,  1191,1192. 
Semiannually — 

Ordnance  returns, 
Annually— 

Efficiency  reports,  838. 

Small  arms  firing, 
When  required;  occasional,  etc.— 

Allotments,  discontinued,  1377. 

Battles,  engagements,  etc.,  822. 

Captured  property,  826. 

Casualties,  825. 

Clothing  schedule,  1166. 

Deceased  enlisted  man,  160. 

Deposits,  1388. 

Deserter  from  company  apprehended,  etc., 
122. 

Desertion  of  enlisted  man,  112. 

Discharge  of  enlisted  man,  153. 

Enlisted  man  detached,  103. 

Enlisted  man  transferred,  113. 

Nonreceipt  of  general  orders,  807. 

Ration  return,  12-30. 

Return  of  company  joining  or  leaving  sta- 
tion, 818. 

Return  of  company  sailing  or  arriving,  818. 
Responsibility  for  property,  665-668. 
Succession  in  command,  258, 259. 
Text-books,  282. 
Company  Funds: 
Accounts,  328. 

Coun ci  1 .     (See  Councils  of  A dminislration. ) 
Custodian,  327. 
Deposits,  320. 

Expenditures,  318, 319, 327-330. 
Purchases,  318. 
Restrictions  on  use,  318,  319. 
Source  of,  327. 

Transportation  of  purchases  from,  346. 
Company  Gardens,  347. 
Company  Noncommissioned  Officers: 
Appointment  of,  262,264. 
Desertion  of,  268. 
Instruction  of,  261. 
Lance  corporals,  263. 
Reduction,  267,268. 
Selected, 261. 
Support,  261. 
Transfer  of,  267. 
Warrants  of,  265. 
Compelling  Surrender,  A.  W.  43 


Competition: 

Contracts  or  purchases  without,  519. 
Competitive  Examinations: 

Civilians,  34-36. 

Enlisted  men,  28-33. 

Veterinarians,  88. 
Compliments  (see  Honors),  410-416. 
Components  of  Ration,  1221. 
Computation  of  Time,  655. 
Condemned  Animals,  1079. 
Condemnation: 

Inspections  of  property  for,  911-921. 
Conduct  Prejudicial  to  Good  Order,  etc.,  A.  W. 
Conduct  Unbecoming  an  Officer,  etc. :  A.  W.61. 
Confinement  (see  Arrest): 

Abatement  of  term,  949. 

Awaiting  result  of  trial,  935. 

Awaiting  trial,  935. 

Character,  942. 

Commutation,  950. 

Designation  of  posts  for,  943. 

Duration,  A.W.70. 

Enlisted  men,  935-942,  A.  W.  66. 

Escapes,  942-947 

General  prisoners,  943-949. 

Irons,  942. 

Mitigation,  950. 

Order  for,  938. 

Pardons,  950. 

Penitentiary,  974,  975,  A.  W.  97. 

Place  of,  943. 

Release  from,  941. 

Reports  of,  938. 
Congress: 

Disrespectful  words  to,  A.  W.  19. 
Congress,  Committees  of: 

Honors  to,  404. 

Salutes  to,  404. 
Consuls-General: 

Honors  to,  404. 

Salutes  to,  404. 

Conspiracy  to  Defraud,  etc.,  A.  W.60. 
Construction  of  Posts: 

Restriction  on,  710. 
Contagious  Diseases: 

Destruction  of  clothing,  1482. 

Gratuitous  issues,  1483. 
Contempt  of  Court,  A.  W.  86. 
Contingencies  of  Army: 

Disbursement,  625. 
Contingent  Expenses: 

Accounting,  197. 

Allotment,  197. 

Expenditures,  197. 

Purchases,  197. 

Returns  of  property,  197. 

Vouchers,  197. 
Continuances,  A.  W.  93. 
Continuous-Service  Pay,  1366-1369. 
Contractors: 

Assistance  to,  515. 

Bonds  (see  Bonds),  567-579. 
Contracts: 

Approval,  560. 

Authority  for,  514. 

Corporations,  558. 

Disposition,  559-563. 


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INDEX. 


Contracts— Contracts. 

Foreign  countries,  516. 

Forms,  548-562. 

Laborers,  570. 

Material  men,  570. 

Number,  559. 

Papers  relating  to,  563. 

Partnership,  557. 

Philippine  Islands,  555, 

Printing,  509,  512. 

Responsibility  of  officer  making,  519. 

Returns  office,  561 . 
Contract  Surgeons: 

Allowances,  1417. 

Appointments,  1417. 

Contracts,  1417-1419. 

Dental  surgeons.    (See  Dental  Surgeons.) 

Details,  1421. 

Duties,  1421. 

Payments  to,  1293. 

Privileges,  1417, 1418. 
Convalescents: 

Diet  for,  1232,  1238. 

Convening  Authority,  A.  W.  72,  73,  81,  82. 
Convention,  Geneva: 

Flag,  221. 
Convictions: 

Previous,  963,  970. 
Cooking  Stoves: 

Allowances,  1051. 
Cooks: 

Appointment,  266,  269. 

Duties,  287-293. 

Reduction,  269. 

Copies  of  Court-Martial  Records,  926. 
Corn  Brooms,  1191. 
Corporals.     (See  Companies.) 
Corporations: 

Bonds  of,  571-575. 

Contracts  of,  558. 
Corps: 

Commander,  leaves  of  absence,  51,  57. 

Discontinued,  records,  828. 

Precedence  of,  6. 

Corps  of  Engineers.     (See  Engineer  Corps.) 
Correspondence  (see  also  Letters): 

Actual  rank  of  addressee,  785. 

Address,  781,  783,  785,  789. 

Artillery  Corps,  297. 

Brief,  780. 

Channels  of  communication,  748,  787-795. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  748,  788,  789,  792. 

Communications  for — 
Military  Secretary,  787,  793,  794. 
Secretary  of  War,  787,  791,  794. 

Courtesy  required,  795. 

Direct,  authorized,  when,  788,  789. 

Folding,  780. 

Heading,  783. 

Heads  of  departments,  789. 

Inclosures,  783. 

Indorsements,  782. 

Private,  786. 

Signature,  784. 

Station  of  writer,  781. 

Tone,  795. 

Trivial,  794. 


Correspondence— Con  tinned. 

Unimportant,  794. 

With  enemy,  A.  W.  46. 
Councils  of  Administration: 

Approval,  314-316. 

Composition,  313. 

Constitution,  313. 

Duties,  85,  161,  162,  313-317. 

Effects  of  deceased  officer,  85. 

Effects  of  deceased  soldier,  161,  162. 

Expenditures,  312-316. 

Jurisdiction,  312-317. 

Meetings,  313. 

Proceedings,  314. 

Records,  314. 

Review,  317. 
Counsel,  969. 

Civil,  1004,  1005. 
Courtesies : 

Salutes,  380-396. 
With  cannon,  397-409. 

Visits,  410-416. 

Courtesy  among  Military  Men,  4,  795. 
Courts-martial: 

Appointment,  951-953. 

Arraignment,  A.  W.  89. 

Challenges,  A.  W.  88. 

Charges  and  specifications,  960-968. 

Closed  sessions,  955. 

Compelling  attendance  of  witnesses,  959. 

Conduct  of  members,  954. 

Contempt,  A.  W.  86. 

Continuances,  A.  W.  93. 

Convening  authority,  A.  W.  72, 73, 81, 82. 

Convening  order,  951. 

Counsel,  969,  A.W.90. 

Duties  of  members,  952. 

Evidence,  A.W.121. 

Interpreters,  997. 

Judge- Advocates.    (See  Judge- Advocates.) 

Members,  952,  A.  W.  75-79, 87, 88. 

Oaths,  A.W.84,  85. 

Order,  951-953. 

Place  of  holding,  952. 

Pleas,  A.  W.  89. 

Power  to  punish  members,  954. 

President,  953. 

Process  of  attachment,  959. 

Prosecution,  A.W.90. 

Record  (see  Records  of  Courts-martial),  A.  W.  11; 

Reporters,  994-996. 

Rank  of  members,  951. 

Sentences,  971-993. 

Sessions,  952. 

Stationery  for,  1068. 

Summary  courts,  964-968. 

Trials,  969-970. 

Witnesses,  956-959, 998-1002,  A.  W.  92. 

Writs  of  attachment,  959. 
Courts  of  Inquiry: 

Authentication  of  record,  A.  W.  120. 

Composition,  A.  W.  116. 

Constitution,  A.  W.  115. 

Evidence,  A.W.121. 

Oath,  A.  W.  117. 

Proceedings,  A.  W.  120. 

Recorder,  A.  W.  118. 


INDEX. 


269 


Courts  of  Inquiry— Continued. 
Stationery,  1068. 
Witnesses,  A.  W.  118. 
Cowardice: 

Publication  of  sentence,  A.  W.  100. 
Credit: 

Payments  by  order  of  superior,  657. 
Expenditures  of  property,  700,  701. 
Credit  Sales: 

Subsistence,  1266, 1268, 1269, 1275, 1276. 
Crimes  not  Capital:  • 

Jurisdiction  over,  A.  W. 62. 
Crockery: 

Issue  and  allowance,  1187, 1188. 
Currency: 

Payments  of  enlisted  men  by,  1343-1365. 
Customs  Officers: 

Assistance  to,  484. 
Daily  Service: 
Call  to  quarters,  375. 
Hours  for— 
Meals,  376. 
Reports,  375-378. 
Mess  call,  376. 
Morning  reports,  378. 
Police,  379. 
Retreat,  375,  378. 
Reveille,  375. 
Roll  calls,  375-378. 

Damage  to  Property,  686-692,  713-729. 
Death  Sentences,  A.  W.  96. 

Approval,  A.  W.  105. 
Deaths: 
Commissioned  officers  (see  Deceased  Officers), 

83-87,  A.  W.  125. 

Communicated  to  relatives,  831. 
Enlisted  men  (see  Deceased  Soldiers),  160-165, 

A.  W.  126. 
Reports  of,  83. 
Debts  Outstanding,  634. 

Deceased  Officers  (see  Funerals),  83-87,  A.  W.  125. 
Burial  of,  87. 

Effects  of,  84,  85,  A.  W.  125. 
Funds  in  possession  of,  86. 
Funeral  expenses,  87. 
Inventories  of  effects,  84,  85,  A.  W.  125. 
Public  money,  86. 
Public  property,  86. 
Remains,  disposition,  87. 
Reports,  83. 

Deceased  Soldiers  (see  Funerals): 
Accounts  of,  164. 
Action  in  case  of,  160,  A.  W.  126. 
Auditor  for  War  Department,  163,  164. 
Burial,  165. 

Certificates  of  merit,  184. 
Council  of  administration,  161, 162. 
Disposition  of  effects,  160-164,  A.  W.  126. 

Remains,  165. 
Effects,  160-164,  A.  W.  126. 
Expenses  of  interment,  165. 
Heirship,  164. 

Legal  representatives,  161,  163,  164. 
Relative,  nearest,  160. 
Remains,  165. 
Reports,  160. 

Deductions  of  Pay.     (See  Deserters;  Stoppages  of 
Pay.) 


Deeds,  709. 

Deficiency  in  Property,  706,  707,  718,  1018. 

Degrees  of  Rank,  9. 

Delays  (see  Leaves  of  Absence) ,  70. 

Deliberations: 

Conveying  praise  or  censure,  5. 
Dental  Surgeons: 

Allowances,  1417. 

Appointments,  1417, 1422. 

Assignments,  1423,  1424. 

Assistants,  1424. 

Contract,  1417,  1420,  1422. 

Daybook,  1429. 

Duties,  1423-1430. 

Emergency  work,  1428. 

Enlisted  men,  work  for,  1425-1430. 

Families,  1425. 

Future  appointments,  1430. 

Hours  of  work,  1426. 

Instruments,  1424. 

Materials,  1428. 

Office  hours,  1426. 

Officers,  work  for,  1425-1428. 

Operations,  1427. 

Pay,  1293,  1417. 
Department  and  Division  Commanders: 

Absence,  51,  193. 

Aids,  41,  195. 

Allotments  of  transportation,  1108. 
Artillery  Corps,  command,  294. 
Assignment  of  quarters  1037. 
Awards,  submission  to,  542. 
Civilian  employees,  supervision,  732. 
Command,  186-188. 
Communications,  copies  of,  748. 
Contingent  expenses,  197. 
Control  of  staff  officers,  749. 
Control  of  staff,  749. 
Convening  authority,  A.  W.  72. 
Courts-martial,  187,  188. 
Death,  193. 

Decision  of  controversies,  192. 
Disability,  193. 

Disabled  officers,  reports  of,  76. 
Duties,  187-193,  209,  210,  237,  238,  294. 
Estimates,  supervision,  749,  753,  1157. 
Exceptions  from  command,  187,  188. 
Extra  duty  men,  167,  169,  175. 
Hours  of  illumination  at  posts,  1057. 
Indian  scouts,  478-482. 
Inspections,  189, 191. 
Leaves  of  absence,  51. 
Monthly  returns,  816,  817. 
Mounted  pay,  1299,  1301. 
Pardon,  950. 

Periods  of  instruction,  237. 
Post  gardens,  349. 
Printing,  5C9-513. 
Reports,  189-191,  750. 
Reservations,  209,  210. 
Signal  instruction,  1594. 
Staff,  194-196. 

Succession  in  command,  193. 
Telegraphic  code,  1195. 

Department  Commander.  (See  Department  and 
Division  Commanders;  Territorial  Divisions  and 
Departments.) 


270 


INDEX. 


Departments  (see  Territorial  Divisions  and  Depart- 
ments), 186-197. 
Deposit: 

Certificates  of,  612-617. 
Depositions,  A.  W.  91. 
Depositories: 

Distribution  of  funds,  583. 

Estimates  for  funds,  to  indicate,  581. 

Lists  of,  582. 

Transfer  of  funds  from  one  to  another,  583. 
Deposits  of  Pay: 

Books,  1388-1391. 

Company  commander,  1388-1390. 

Death  of  depositor,  1394. 

Discharge,  1389-1392. 

Final  statements,  1389-1391. 

Forfeitures,  1395. 

Interest  on,  1393. 

Loss  of  book,  1390. 

Method,  1388. 

Payment,  1390-1393. 

Purchase  of  discharge,  1396. 

Rate  of  interest,  1393. 

Retired  soldiers  not  authorized,  1388. 
Depots: 

Authority  to  turn  property  into,  915, 1561,  1562, 
1569,  1571,  1572. 

Command,  187. 

Exempt  from  control  of  department  command- 
ers, 187,  188. 

Inspections,  899,  908. 

Ordnance,  1561-1572. 

Quartermaster's,  1011-1013. 

Records  of,  discontinued,  828. 

Recruit,  850. 
Description,  Record,  and  Accounts  (see   Clothing 

Accounts): 

Enlisted  men,  271. 
Descriptions  of  Tests,  1585-1587. 
Descriptive  Books: 

Public  animals,  271,  1075-1077. 
Descriptive  Cards  of  Recruits,  883-886. 
Descriptive  Lists,  103. 

Contents,  103. 

Enlisted  men  in  hospital,  1479. 

In  desertion,  116, 122. 

Public  animals,  1075,  1077. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  134, 137. 

Vaccination,  103. 
Desert: 

Advising  to,  A.  W.  51. 

Persuading  to,  A.  W.  51. 
Deserters: 

Apprehension,  118,  119. 

Charges  against,  114,  119,  120,  122, 124-126. 

Clothing  of,  115. 

Descriptive  lists,  116,  122. 

Disposition,  118,  121,  123, 124. 

Effects,  115. 

Examination,  121,  123, 124. 

From  Marine  Corps,  132. 

From  Navy,  132. 

Expenses  of  apprehension,  120,  125. 

Forfeitures,  119,  120,  125,  126,  129-131. 

Limitation  on  prosecution,  A.W.  103. 

Pay,  1400-1402. 

Property  lost  through,  114,  691. 


Deserters— Continued. 

Received  at— 
Posts,  118,  123. 
Recruiting  stations,  121. 

Release,  123. 

Reports  of,  117,  122,  132. 

Restoration  to  duty,  130. 

Rewards,  119,  125,  126,  130. 

Time  lost,  129. 

Trial  of,  128. 
Desertion,  A.  W.  47. 

Statutory  consequences,  A.  W.  48. 
Desks: 

Allowance  for,  1069. 
Destitute  Persons: 

Issues  to,  1245. 
Destruction  of  Records,  830. 
Detached  Service: 

Captains,  256. 

*  Rule  governing,  of  officers,  41. 
Detached  Soldiers,  103. 

Descriptive  lists,  103. 

Ordnance  in  possession  of,  1564, 1565. 
Detachments,  370-374. 

Formation,  370-374. 

Reports,  374. 
Details: 

Colleges,  42. 

Considerations  affecting,  38,  39. 

Extra  duty,  167,  168. 

Recruiting,  849. 

Restrictions  on,  40. 

Staff,  38. 

Term,  40,  240. 

Diet  for  Sick  and  Convalescents,  1232-1238. 
Disability: 

Certificates  of,  157-159. 
Disbursements  (see  also  Disbursing  Officers): 

Commutation  of  rations  1249-1264. 

Inspection  of,  901,  909,  910. 
Disbursing  Officers: 

Accounts  current,  advertising,  49S-5V7. 

Account  unchanged,  590. 

Appropriation,  C21-629. 

Betting  at  cards,  594. 

Bonds  (see  Bonds). 

Ceasing  to  act,  589. 

Certificates  of  deposit,  612-617. 

Channels  of  communication,  749,  789. 

Check  books  (see  Check  Books),  600-611. 

Checks  (see  Checks),  600-608. 

Deposits,  581-602. 

Error  in  certificate,  658. 

Fiscal  year,  621-629. 

Gambling,  594. 

Inspections,  901,  909,  910. 

Insurance  of  money  forbidden,  597. 

Interest  in  purchases,  591,592. 

Money  accountability,  580-660. 

Offenses  in  disbursement,  591-594. 

Order  of  superior,  657. 

Outstanding  debts,  634. 

Personal  permission,  587,  588. 

Proceeds  of  sales,  618-620. 

Property  accountabilty,  661-729. 

Purchases,  514-579. 

Responsibility  for  erroneous  payments,  657,  658. 


INDEX. 


271 


Disbursing  Officers— Continued. 

Revision  of  estimates,  752,  753. 

Sharing  in  profits,  583. 

Transfers,  598,  593. 

Vouchers,  635-656. 
Discharge  by  Purchase,  142. 
Discharge  Certificates .     ( See  Discharge  of  Enlisted 

Men.) 
Discharged  Enlisted  Men : 

Admission  to  hospitals,  1450, 1431. 

Allowances  for  travel,  1406-1408. 

Certificates  of  disability,  1410. 

Final  statements,  1403-1405,  1408-1411. 

Fraudulent  enlistment,  1408. 

Minority,  1408. 

Sea  travel,  1406. 

Travel  allowances,  1406-1408. 
Discharge  of  Enlisted  Men : 

Absent  enlisted  men,  152. 

Admission  to  hospital,  1481. 

Before  expiration  of  service,  138,  140,  142, 144. 

By  favor,  142. 

By  whom  made,  138,  157-159. 

Cause,  140,  152. 

Character,  146. 

Certificate  of  disability,  157-159. 

Certificate  of,  138,  140-149. 

Company  commander,  duties  of,  139, 140, 144, 
146,  147,  151,  152,  153. 

Date,  141,  150. 

Deserters'  release,  123. 

Disability,  157-159. 

Dishonorable,  148-155. 

Duplicate  certificates,  149. 

Forms  of,  148.- 

Honorable,  148. 

Payments,  153,  1403-1411. 

Previous  service,  151. 

Purchase  of,  142. 

Sick  in  hospital,  872, 1480. 

Transportation,  156. 

Travel  allowances,  143, 156. 

Travel  on  transports,*143,  1257,  1261. 

When  operative,  141, 150. 

Without  honor,  146,  148. 
Discharges  (see  Discharge-of  Enlisted  Men): 

Granted  by  whom,  A.  W.  4. 
Disciplinary  Measures,  960. 
Discipline  (see  Military  Discipline),  1-5. 

Admonitions,  960. 

Courtesy  essential  to,  4. 

Fatigue,  extra  tours,  960. 

Withholding  of  privileges,  960. 
Discontinued  Commands: 

Records,  777,  828. 

Discussions  Conveying  Praise  or  Censure,  5. 
Dishonorable  Discharge.     (See  Discharge  of  En- 
listed Men;  Discharged  Enlisted  Men.) 
Disinfectants: 

Issue  of,  1514. 
Dismissal,  A.  W.  99,  100. 
.  Approval  of  sentences,  A.  W.  106. 

For  cowardice  or  fraud,  A.  W.  100. 

Pay  on,  1289, 1292. 

Sentences,  A.  W.  99,  A.  W.  106. 
Dismounted  Cavalry: 

Precedence,  6. 
Disobedience  of  Orders,  A.  W.  21. 


Disorders: 

Quelling  of,  A.  W.  24. 

Disposition  of  Effects  (see  Deceased_  Officers;  De- 
ceased Soldiers;  Deserters): 

Escaped  prisoners,  947. 
Disqualification  for  Enlistment,  858. 
Distances: 

Computation,  1310. 

Tables  of,  1310. 
Divine  Servic  ,  A.  W.  52. 

Division  Commander  (see  Department  and  Division 
Commanders;  Territorial  Divisions  and  Depart- 
ments): 

Convening  authority,  A.  W.  73. 

Furloughs,  105. 

Leaves  of  absence,  51,  57. 
Divisions: 

Discontinued,  records  of,  828. 
Draft  Animals.     (See  Public  Animals. ) 
Dress.     (See  Uniform.) 
Drill  Regulations: 

Ceremonies  to  conform  to,  439. 

Inspections,  904. 
Drum  Major: 

Rank,  9. 

Drunk  on  Duty,  A.  W.  38. 
Due  Bills: 

Forbidden,  654. 
Duels,  A.  W.  26-28. 
Duplicate  Checks,  603. 
Duties: 

Classification,  361. 

Details,  361-366. 

Rosters,  359-367. 
Duty: 

Extra,  166-175. 

Hiring,  A.  W.  36,  37. 

On  Sunday,  202. 

Special,  167, 

Without  troops,  1328. 
Effective  Strength: 

Returns  of,  821. 

Effects  of  Deceased  Officers.     (See  Deceased  Offi- 
cers. ) 

Effects  of  Deceased  Soldiers.     (See  Deceased  Sol- 
diers.) 

E  ffects  of  Deserters.  ( See  Deserters. ) 
Effects  of  Prisoners.  (See  Prisoners.) 
Efficiency  Reports: 

Contents,  841,  842. 

By  whom  made,  838,  839. 

Of  whom  made,  838-840. 

Preparation,  841. 

Purpose,  841,  842. 

Star!  officers,  838,  842. 

To  whom  made,  842. 
Eight- Hour  Law: 

Civilian  employees,  734. 

Extra -duty  men,  174. 
Ejection  of  Trespassers: 

Indian  reservations,  484. 

Public  lands,  484. 

Reservations,  484. 

Electrician  Sergeants  (see  Post  Noncommissioned 

Staff),  300. 
Electric  Lights: 

Allowance,  1C57,  1063. 


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INDEX. 


Electric  Lights— Continued. 

Measure,  1064. 

Sales,  1063-1066. 
Embellishment  of  Posts,  210. 
Embezzlement  (see  Public  Moneys),  A.  W.  60. 
Emergency  Ration,  1218, 1223. 
Employees  (see  Civilian  Employees),  730-742. 
Employment  of  Civilians,  730. 
Employment  of  Military  Force,  483-488. 
Endorsements,  782. 
Enemy: 

Battle  reports,  822. 

Captures  from,  A.  W.  9. 

Correspondence  with,  A.  W.  46. 

Misbehavior  before,  A.  W.  42. 

Relieving,  A.  W.  45. 
Enforcement  of  Law: 

Force  in,  483-488. 
Engagements: 

Reports,  822. 

Engineer  Battalions.    (See  Regiments;  Battalions.) 
Engineer  Corps: 

Chief  of  Engineers,  1523,  1535. 

Command,  1523. 

Duties,  1522. 

Evacuated  posts,  211. 

Fortifications.    (See  Fortifications.) 

Inspections,  899-901. 

Mines,  1522. 

Officers,  1524-1533. 

Supplies,  1522. 

Torpedoes,  1522. 

Travel,  1307, 1536. 

Troops,  1522-1526. 
Engineer  Officers: 

Allowances,  1533,  1536. 

Command,  1523,  1525,  1526. 

Detachment,  1524,  15:5. 

Duties,  1522,  1523,  1526,  1527-1532. 

Travel  pay,  1536. 
Engineers: 

Colors,  222,  223. 

Guidons,  230^. 

Precedence,  6. 

Engineer  School,  187,  188,  454. 
Engineer  Troops  (see  Regiments;  Battalions)  : 

Command,  1523,  1525,  1526. 

Detachment,  1524,  1525. 

Duties,  1522,  1524,  1528,  1530. 

Precedence,  6. 

Reports,  1524,  1525. 

Returns,  1524,  1525. 
Enlisted  Men: 

Absence  without  leave,  126, 130, 131,  A.  W.  32. 

Accounts  of  pay,  etc.,  103. 

Allotments  of  pay,  1374-1887. 

Ammunition,  sale,  waste,  etc.,  A.  W.  16. 

Articles  of  war  read  to,  A.  W.  2. 

Artificers,  266,  269. 

Artisans,  168. 

Baggage,  1130,  1142-1145. 

Bakers,  168,  333. 

Bathing,  277. 

Beards,  277. 

Blacksmiths,  171,  266,  269. 

Candidates  for  promotion,  27-33. 

Certificates  of— 
Disability,  157-159. 
Merit,  181-185. 


Enlisted  Men— Continued. 
Claims  for  property  lost,  729. 
Cleanliness,  277,  279. 
Clerks— 

To  judge-advocates,  9£4. 

Extra-duty  pay,  168. 
Clothing,  270,  277,  1166-1177,  1183. 

Allowances,  1166-1177. 
Commutation  of  rations,  1249-1264. 
Confinement  of,  935-942,  950. 
Cooking,  287-293. 
Cooks,  266,  269. 
Corporals,  261-268. 
Counsel,  969. 

Credit  sales,  1268,  1275,  1276. 
Death  of,  A.  W.  126.    (See  Deceased  Soldiers.) 
Dental  work,  1425,  1429,  1430. 
Deposits,  1388, 1336. 

Descriptive  lists.    (See  Descriptive  Lists.) 
Deserters.     (See  Desert;  Deserters;  Desertion.) 
Detached,  103. 

Details  on  extra  duty,  166-175. 
Discharges,  138-159,  A.  W.  4. 
Disciplinary  punishments,  960. 
Disobedience  of  orders,  A.  W.  21. 
Divine  service,  A.  W.  52. 
Drunk  on  duty,  A.  W.  38. 
Dueling,  A.  W.  26-28. 

Effects  of  deceased.    (See  Deceased  Soldiers.) 
Enlistments,  866-872. 
Equipments,  285. 

Examinations  of ,  for  promotion,  27-33. 
Extra  duty.     (See  Extra  Duty. ) 
Farriers,  266,  269. 
Field  musicians,  266,  269. 
Final  statements,  134,  139,  1-;0,  143,  158, 156. 
Funerals,  426,  431-438. 
Furloughs  (see  Furloughs),  104-111. 
Hair,  277. 

Hiring  duty,  A.  W.  38,  37. 
Hospital  Corps,  l!31  145G. 
Illuminating  supplies,  1056-1067. 
Laborers,  1€8. 
Lance  corporals,  263. 
Lying  out  of  quarters,  A.  W.  31. 
Married  men,  1441, 
Mechanics,  168,  266,  269. 
Medals  of  honor.    (See  Medals  of  Honor.) 
Medical  attendance,  1500-1502. 
Messing,  287-293. 

Misbehavior  before  enemy,  A.  W.  42. 
Mourning,  435-438. 
Noncommissioned  staff,  93-102,  2  7. 
Parade,  failing  to  repair  to,  A.  \V. ;  3. 
Payments  by- 
Check,  1343-1365. 

Currency,  1343-1365. 

Express,  1343-1365. 

On  discharge,  1403-1411. 
Profane  oaths,  A.  W.  53. 
Promotion  of.    (See  Promotion.) 
Property,  281,  286. 
Quitting  guard,  etc.,  A.  W.  40. 
Rank,  9. 

Rations,  1218-1241. 
Records,  777. 

Redress  of  wrongs,  A.  W.  80. 
Reenlistment  pay,  1366-13*  9 


INDEX. 


273 


Enlisted  Men— Continued. 
Retirement  of.    (See  Retired  Enlisted  Men. ) 
Saddlers,  266,  269. 

Sales  of  subsistence,  1267,  1268,  1270,  1274-1276. 
Salutes  by,  388-395. 
Schools,  454. 
School-teachers,  168. 
Sergeants,  261-267. 

Sick  at  expiration  of  service,  872,  1480. 
Signal  Corps,  1589. 
Sleeping  cars,  1134-1140. 
Sleeping  on  post,  A.  W,  C9. 
Soldiers'  Home  (see  Soldiers'  Home),  176-179 

1397. 

Summary  courts  for  trial  of,  962-968. 
Teachers,  168. 
Teamsters,  168. 
Transfers,  112, 113. 
Travel  allowances,   1134-1140,  1249-1264,  1403- 

1411. 

Uniform,  280, 1601. 
Wagoners,  171,  266,  269. 
Witnesses,  956-958. 
Enlistment  (see  Recruits) : 
Accountability  of  officer,  860. 
Age,  856,  858. 
Antedating,  868. 
Applications,  856-872. 
Articles-of  War  relating  to,  865. 
Authority  required  for,  in  certain  cases,  870. 
Consent  of  parent,  859,  862. 
Contract,  864. 
Declaration,  862. 
Disqualifications  for,  858. 
Enticing  men  to  enlist,  863. 
False  representations,  863. 
Former  soldier,  869,  870. 
Forms,  blank,  866. 
Fraudulent,  A.  W.  50. 
Guardian,  consent,  859,  862. 
Hospital  Corps,  1438, 1439. 
Indian  sccuts,  478,  481,  482. 
Married  men,  861. 
Medical  inspection.    (See  Medical  Examination 

of  Recruits. ) 
Minor,  859,  862. 
Name  of  recruit,  867. 
Oath,  864. 

Parent,  consent,  859,  862. 
Particular  organizations,  for,  887. 
Papers,  866. 
Prohibited,  A.  W.  3. 
Reenlistments,  868-872. 
Report  of,  869. 
Qualifications,  856-858,  870. 
Ensign,  Navy: 

Relative  rank,  12. 
Envelopes  (see  Penalty  Envelopes): 

Penalty,  843-848. 
Envoys: 
Honors  to,  381. 
Salutes  to,  404. 
Equipage: 
Allowances,  1153. 
Band  instruments,  253,  1189,  1190. 
Brooms,  1191. 
Canvas,  963. 

5828—04 18 


Equipage— Continued. 
Corn  brooms,  1191. 
Dropping  from  returns,  1186,  1188. 
Estimates,  1154-1159,  1187. 
Handles,  ax,  pick,  etc.,  1186. 
Helves,  ax,  etc.,  1186. 
Issues,  1187-1192. 
Lye,  1192. 
Mops,  1191. 
Price  lists,  1153. 
Sapolio,  1192. 
Scrubbing  brushes,  1191. 
Tableware,  1187,  1188. 
Tent  pins,  1186. 
Tents,  1193. 
Erasers,  1069. 
Escaped  Prisoners: 
Rewards  for,  127. 
Escape  of  Prisoner: 

Prevention,  942. 
Escape: 

Suffering  prisoner  to,  A.  W.  69- 
Escorts: 

Commander  of,  20. 
Funeral,  429-434. 
Honor,  419. 
Estimates: 
Clothing,  1154-1162. 
Equipage,  1154-1162. 
Promptly  forwarded,  751. 
Quartermasters,  1017. 
Revision,  1155, 1157. 
Special,  for  clothing,  1159. 
Subsistence  supplies,  1208. 
Supervision  by  department  commanders,  752 

754. 

Evacuated  Posts,  211. 
Evening  Gun,  207. 
Evidence: 

Courts-martial,  A.  W.  92. 
Examination  of  Money  Accounts,  659,  660. 
Examinations : 

Civilians  for  appointment,  34-36. 
Deserters,  121, 123, 124. 
Details  to  staff,  38. 
Enlisted  men  for  promotion,  27-83. 
Line  officers  for  promotion,  25. 
Physical,  of  recruits,  870-881. 
Post  noncommissioned  staff,  96. 
Promotion,  24-26. 
Staff  officers  for  promotion,  24. 
Veterinarians,  88. 
Exchange  of  Officers,  47, 48. 
Exchanges,  350-352. 
See  Post  Exchanges. 
Ixecutors: 

Payments  to,  forbidden,  656. 
Expeditions:  • 

Command  and  direction  of,  20. 
Loans  to  surveying,  676. 
Maps,  449-453. 
xpenditures: 
Ammunition,  1557-1560. 
Contingent  funds,  197. 
On  order  of  superior,  657. 
xperimental  Trials,  1585-1587. 


274 


INDEX. 


Express: 

Payments  of  troops  by,  1343-1365. 
Extradition: 

Enforcement  of,  484. 

Extra  Issues,  Subsistence  Department,  1242 
Extra  Duty: 

Artificers,  171. 

Authority  for,  167-170, 175. 

Bakers,  167, 168. 

Blacksmiths,  171. 

Charges  for,  172. 

Clerks,  168. 

Compensation,  168, 172, 174, 175. 

Definition,  167. 

Department  commander,  supervision,  167,  169, 
175. 

Details,  167,  168. 

Extra  pay,  174. 

Farriers,  171. 

Funds  for,  167, 175. 

Hours  of  labor,  174. 

Inspections,  drills,  etc.,  173. 

Laborers,  168. 

Mechanics,  168. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  169, 170. 

Orders  for,  168. 

Overseers,  168. 

Overtime,  174. 

Rates  of  pay,  168,  174. 

Restrictions  on,  166-175. 

Saddlers,  171. 

School-teachers,  168. 

Secretary  of  War,  supervision,  170. 

Teachers,  168. 

Teamsters,  168. 

Wagoners,  171. 

Extra  Duty  Pay.     (See  Extra  Duty.) 
Extra  Pay: 

Certificate  of  merit,  183. 

Extra  duty,  167-175. 
Facts: 

Errors  of,  in  certificate,  658. 
False  Alarm: 

A.  W.  41. 
False  Certificates: 

A.  W.  13. 
False  Muster: 

A.  W.  14. 
Families: 

Dental  work  not  done  for,  1425. 

Medical  attendance,  1500. 

Sales  of— 
Fuel  to,  1044-1046. 
Subsistence  to,  1265,  1274. 
Farriers  and  Blacksmiths: 

Appointment,  266,  269. 

Reduction,  269. 
Fatigue  Uniform,  280. 
Female  Nurses.     (See  Nurse  Corps.) 
Ferries,  1132, 1133. 
Ferry  Tickets,  1133. 
Field  Artillery: 

Administrative  unit  in,  302. 

Battalion,  235,  303-305. 

Details,  368. 

Duty,  368. 

Guidons,  230. 


Field  Kit,  293. 
Field  Musicians: 

Appointment,  266,  269. 

Reduction,  269. 
Field  Officers: 

Assignment  of,  238. 
Field  Ration,  1218,  1221. 

Final  Statements  (see  Payment  of  Discharged  Sol- 
.  diers): 

Blank  forms  for,  148. 

By  whom  prepared,  139, 1403. 

Character  noted,  146. 

Contents,  139,  140, 150,  156. 

Deposits,  1389-1391. 

Discharged  soldiers,  139, 140, 150,  156. 

Loss,  1405. 

Not  given,  when,  1408. 

Notification  to  paymaster,  153. 

Payments  on,  1403-1411. 

Retired  enlisted^men,  134. 

Signature  of  soldier,  153. 

Transfers,  1411. 

Transportation  noted,  156. 
First  Aid  to  Injured,  1449. 
First  Lieutenant.     (See  Commissioned  Officers.) 
First  Sergeants,  264. 

Appointment,  264, 265. 

Rank,  9. 

Reduction,  264. 

Selection,  264. 

Warrant,  265. 
Fiscal  Year: 

Abstracts,  623. 

Accounts  current,  623, 624. 

Balances,  627-629. 

Contingent  expenses,  625.    • 

Defined,  621. 

Divisions  of,  621. 

Funds  at  close  of,  627-629. 

Remittances  to  show,  622. 

Supplemental  accounts,  628. 

Vouchers,  623. 
Flags  (see  Colors;  National  Flag): 

Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  217. 

Boat,  232. 

Dipping,  409. 

Garrison,  220. 

Geneva  Convention,  221. 

National,  212,213,220. 

Post,  220. 

President,  214. 

Restriction  on  use  of,  234. 

Secretary  of  War,  216. 

Storm,  220. 

Target  practice,  357. 
Flogging: 

Punishment,  A.  W.  98. 
Flour : 

Small-arms  practice,  357, 1242. 
Forage  and  Straw: 

Allowance,  1083, 1084, 1091. 

Bedding,  1090,  1091. 

Grazing,  1084. 

Issues,  1085,  1086. 

Masters,  1099. 

Private  horses,  1086-1088. 

Restrictions  on  issues,  1087-1089. 


INDEX. 


275 


Forage  and  Straw— Continued. 

Sales,  1088,  1089. 

Straw,  1090,  1091. 
Forage  Masters: 

Not  to  be  interested  in  transportation,  etc.,  1099. 
Forces,  Military: 

Command  of,  in  executing  civil  law,  487. 

Employment  of,  483-488. 

Restrictions  on,  483-488. 

Use,  483-488. 
Foreign  Correspondence: 

Penalty  envelopes  not  used  in,  848. 
Foreign  Countries: 

Reports  of  visits  to,  62. 
Foreign  Men-of-War: 

Salutes  by,  403. 

Salutes  to,  403. 

Visits,  411,  416. 
Foreign  Officers: 

Visits  and  courtesies,  410-416. 
Foreign  Purchases,  516,  517. 
Foreign  Service:  . 

Pay,  1295. 

Forfeitures.     (See  Deserters;  Stoppages  of  Pay.) 
Formations: 

Chaplains,  46. 

Precedence  of  corps,  6. 
Forms  (see  Blanks  and  Blank  Books),  513,  1603. 

Directions  on,  1603. 

How  obtained,  513,  1603. 

Of  agreement,  548-552. 
Fort  Bayard: 

General  hospital,  1473. 
Fortifications: 

Alterations  in,  1534. 

Completion,  1535. 

Construction,  1522. 

Engineer  officers,  1532,1533. 

Photographic  views,  354. 

Visits,  353, 354. 
Fraud,  A.W.60. 
Frays: 

Suppression  of,  A.  W.  24. 
Fresh  Meat: 

Issues,  etc.,  1217,1221,1224. 
Fuel: 

Allowances,  1051,1055. 

Bakery,  1051. 

Certificate,  1046. 

Exchange  forbidden,  1046. 

Extra  issues,  1015.    - 

Hot-water  heating,  1051. 

Increase,  1055. 

Issues,  1049-1051. 

Oak  wood,  standard,  1047. 

Payments  for,  1043. 

Purchases,  1043-1048. 

Sales  to- 
Commissioned  officers,  1043, 1044, 1046, 1048. 
Enlisted  men,  1045. 
Families,  1044-1046. 

Savings  to  be  returned,  1049. 

Steam  heating,  1051. 

Transfer  forbidden,  1046. 

Veterinarians,  89. 
Funds  (see  Public  Moneys): 

Embezzlement,  A.  W.  60. 


Funds— Continued. 

In  personal  possession,  587, 588. 

Of  deceased  officer,  86. 

Of  insane  officer,  86. 
Funeral  Expenses: 

Commissioned  officers,  87. 

Enlisted  men,  165. 
Funeral  Honors,  420-438. 

Funerals    (see   Deceased    Officers;  Deceased    Sol- 
diers; Funeral  Expenses): 

Bearers,  433. 

Colors,  438. 

Commissioned  officers,  420-425,429,430,432-438. 

Draping  flags,  438. 

Enlisted  men,  426-428,431,433,434,437. 

Escorts,  429-432. 

Flag, 421, 423-428, 438. 

Honors,  420-438. 

Mourning,  435-438. 

Pallbearers,  433. 

Procession,  429-434. 

Uniform,  434. 
Fur  Garments,  1178. 
Furloughs: 

Arms  not  taken  on,  111. 

Beyond  sea,  transportation,  109. 

Changes  of  station,  110. 

Commencement,  109. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1258-1264. 

Corps  commander,  105. 

Department  commander,  105. 

Duration,  104, 105, 109. 

Granting,  104-107,  A.  W.  11. 

Payments  on,  111. 

Post  commander,  104. 

Regimental  commander,  104. 

Restrictions  on,  106, 107. 

Suspension,  106. 

Station  changed  during,  110. 

Transportation  to  men  on,  108, 109. 
Furniture: 

Barrack,  1069. 
Gambling,  77. 

Disbursing  officer,  594. 
Game  (see  Hunting): 

Hunting,  65,  66,  358. 
Gardens  (see  Post  Gardens),  347-349. 
Garrison.     (See  Posts.) 
Garrison  Courts,  A.  W.  82. 

Jurisdiction,  A.  W.  83. 
Garrison  Ration,  1218,  1221. 
Gas: 

Allowance,  1057,  1063. 

Measure,  1064. 

Sales,  1063-1065. 
General: 

Escorts,  419. 

Funeral  honors,  421,  429. 

Honors  to,  380. 

Rank,  9. 

Relative  rank,  12. 

Salutes  to,  404. 

Visits,  410. 
General  Depots,  1011. 

Control  of,  187. 
General  Courts  (see  Courts- Martial). 

Composition,  A.  W.  74-78. 


276 


INDEX. 


General  Courts— Continued. 
Constitution,  A.  W.  72-74. 
Jurisdiction,  A.  W.  77-79. 
«eneral  Hospital,  Fort  Bayard : 
Authority  to  enter,  1474. 
Control  of,  1473. 
Object  of,  1473. 

General  Hospital,  Hot  Springs: 
Admission  to,  1470. 
Allowances  for  rations  at,  1471. 
Authority  to  enter,  1474. 
Control  of,  1469. 
Cost  of  subsistence  at,  1472. 
Object  of,  1469. 

Venereal  cases,  not  admitted,  1469 
Who  may  be  admitted,  1469. 
General  Hospitals  (see  Hospitals): 
Boats,  trains,  transports,  1468. 
Command  of,  1467. 
Control  of,  1467. 
Railway  trains,  1468. 
Transports,  1468. 
General  Messes,  287-293,  329,  330. 
General  Officers  (see  Commissioned  Officers): 
Aids,  41. 

Appointment,  22. 
Escorts,  419. 

Funeral  honors,  421,  429. 
Honors,  380,  381. 
Personal  reports,  828. 
Salutes,  404,  405. 
Selection,  22. 

Sentences  affecting,  A.  W.  108. 
Travel  on  duty,  68-75. 
Visits,  410. 

General  Orders,  796, 797, 799. 
Contents,  796,  797,  799. 
Copies  to  Military  Secretary,  810. 
Distribution,  807,  808. 
Execution,  801. 
Nonreceipt  of,  807. 
General  Prisoners  (see  Prisoners),  939,  913-950. 

Abatement  of  term,  949. 

Application  for  clemency,  950. 

Issues  to,  1243. 

Monthly  return  of,  944. 
General  Service: 

Clerks  and  messengers,  731. 
General  Staff  Corps  (see  Chief  of  Staff) : 

Act  of  Congress  creating,  755. 

Assignments  of  officers  of,  770. 

Chief  of  Artillery,  member  of,  294. 

Composition  of,  755. 

Details  in,  755. 

Duties  of,  757-759. 

Eligibility  for,  755. 

General  officers  detailed  in,  not  entitled  to  aids, 
41. 

Object  of,  756. 

Relief  from  duty  with,  755. 

Separate  staff  organization,  756. 

Serving  with  troops,  760,  773-775. 

Temporary  duty  with  branch  of  army,  755. 

Tours  of  duty  in,  755. 

Vacancies,  how  filled,  776. 

War  Department  General  Staff,  761-763. 
Geneva  Flag,  221. 


Gentlemen: 

Conduct  unbecoming,  etc.,  A.  W.  61. 
Gestures: 

Reproachful,  A.  W.  25. 
Glassware,  1030. 
Good  Conduct  of  General  Prisoner: 

Abatement  for,  949. 
Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  464-469. 

Admissions  to,  464,  465. 

Applications,  466. 

Escorts,  467,  468. 

Release  of  patients,  469. 
Government  Depositories.     (See  Depositories.) 
Governor-General: 

Definition,  404. 

Honors  to,  404. 

Salutes  to,  404. 

Visits,  412. 
Grades  of  Kank,  9,  12. 

Commands  appropriate  to,  14. 
Graduating  Leave  of  Absence,  53. 
Grant,  General,  Xational  Park: 

Removal  of  intruders,  484. 
Grantors  of  Allotments.     (See  Allotments.) 
Gratuitous  Issues: 

Clothing,  1182,  1483. 

Subsistence,  1245. 
Grazing  Public  Animals,  1084. 
Guaranties,  533,  534,  576. 
Guard: 

Articles  in  charge  of,  446-448. 

Camp  and  garrison  equipage  for  police  pur- 
poses, 446-448. 

Commander    of,   duty   to   receive    prisoners, 
A.  W.  67. 

Duty,  manual  of,  to  prevail,  445. 

Report,  A.  W.  68. 
Guard  Duty  as  Punishment: 

Forbidden,  972. 
Guardhouse: 

Fuel,  1051. 

Lights,  1056-1062,  1067. 
Guardian: 

Consent  to  enlistment,  862. 
Guards: 

Articles  for  use  of,  446-448. 

Manual,  445. 
Guidons: 

Cavalry,  229. 

Engineers,  230£. 

Field  artillery,  230. 
Gymnastic  Apparatus,  etc. : 

Transportation  for,  1151. 
Habeas  Corpus: 

Issue,  1006-1008. 

Production  of  body,  1006-1008. 

Return- 
Contents,  1006-1008. 
State  court,  1006, 100  . 
United  States  court  1006-1008. 
Habitual  Intemperance,  77. 
Hand  Litters,  1459. 
Hatchet  Handles,  1186. 

Heads  of  Departments.     (S  e  Chiefs  of  Bureaus.) 
Health,  Public: 

Enforcement  of  laws,  484 
Heating  Stoves,  1051. 


INDEX. 


277 


Helves,  Ax: 

Dropped,  1186. 
Hygiene  of  Posts,  1414. 
Higher  Grade: 

Pay,  1288, 1294. 
Hiring  Duty,  A.  W.  36. 

Connivance  at,  A.  W.  37. 
Hiring  Quarters,  1035,  1036. 
Honorable  Discharge.  (See  Discharge  of  Enlisted 

Men.} 
Honors: 

Ambassadors,  381. 

Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  381. 

Brigadier-generals,  380. 

Cabinet  officer,  381.. 

Chief  Justice,  381. 

Colors,  382. 

Commanding  officer,  385. 

Envoys,  381. 

Funeral.    (See  Funerals. ) 

General,  380. 

Lieutenant-General,  380. 

Marine  officers,  395. 

Major-general,  380 

Marches,  384. 

Ministers,  381. 

Militia,  395. 

National  color,  382. 

Not  paid  on  march,  384. 

Officers  of  Navy,  381,  395. 

President,  380. 

President  of  Senate,  381. 

Regimental  color,  382. 

Speaker  of  House  of  Representatives,  381. 

Vice-President,  381. 

Volunteers,  395. 
Horses: 

Indian  scouts,  478. 

Forage  ration,  1083-1091. 

Private,  1101-1105. 

Public,  1072-1080. 

Shoeing,  1104. 

Use,  1102,  1103. 

Veterinarians.    (See  Veterinarians.) 

Veterinary  medicines,  1080-1082. 
Horseshoeing: 

Animals,  1104. 

Materials,  1104. 

Nails,  1104. 

Shoes,  1104. 

Tools,  1104. 
Hospital  Boats,  1468. 

Control,  1468. 

Corps,  1431-1466. 

Flags,  221.    . 

Matrons,  1477. 

Property,  use  of,  1484. 

Rations,  1232-1246. 

Savings,  1246-1248. 
Hospital  Buildings: 

Additions  or  alterations,  1493. 

Appropriations  for,  149  j. 

Approved  by  Medical  Department  prior  to  oc- 
cupancy, 1491. 

Estimate  of  repairs,  1495. 

Permanent  posts,  1492. 

Plans  for,  1492. 


Hospital  Buildings— Continued. 

Repairs  to,  1495, 1496. 

Use  as  quarters,  forbidden,  1497. 
Hospital  Corps: 

Accounts,  1444. 

Arms,  1466. 

Assignment,  1445-1447. 

Clothing  accounts,  1444. 

Duties,  1431,  1442,  1458. 

Enlistment,  1437-1441. 

Field  service,  1462-1466. 

Garrison  service,  1456-1461. 

Instruction,  1448, 1449. 

Married  men,  1441. 

Noncommissioned  officers.      (See  Noncommis- 
sioned Officers,  Hospital  Corps.) 

Precedence,  6. 

Railway  trains,  1468. 

Recruits,  1438. 

Reenlistments,  1438. 

Sergeants,  first-class.   (See  Sergeants,  First-Class, 
Hospital  Corps.) 

Transfers  in,  1443. 

Transfers  to,  1440. 

Hospitals  (see  General  Hospital,  Fort  Bayard; 
General  Hospital,  Hot  Springs;  General  Hos- 
pitals) : 

Admissions,  1479-1486. 

Buildings,  1491-1497. 

Flags,  221. 

Insane.  ( See  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane.  > 

Service  of,  1475-1490. 

Veterinary,  92. 
Hours  for  Meals,  376. 
House  of  Representatives: 

Committees  of,  honors,  381. 

Speaker  of,  honors,  404. 
Huck  Towels: 

Issues,  1242. 
Hunting: 

Ammunition  for,  358. 

Passes,  65, 66. 

Reports,  65. 
Hunt: 

Permission  to,  65, 66. 
Ice: 

Issues,  1242. 
Identification  for  Payment: 

Enlisted  men,  1403. 

Payees,  649. 
Illuminating  Supplies: 

Buildings  lighted,  1056. 

Burners,  1056-1058. 

Electric  light,  1C63-1066. 

Exterior  illumination,  1057. 

Extra  issues,  1015. 

Hours  of  illumination,  1057. 

Issues,  1056-1067. 

Lamps,  1059. 

Lanterns,  1058. 

Mineral  oil,  1058-1062. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  1063. 

Oil,  1058-1062. 

Sales,  1061,1063. 

Savings,  1062. 
Inclosures  to  Letters,  783. 
Increase  of  Fuel  Allowance,  1051, 1055. 


278 


INDEX. 


Indian  Country,  471. 

Ammunition,  474. 

Arms,  474. 

Defined,  471. 

Intruders,  472. 

Liquor,  470. 

Seizures  in,  470. 
Indians: 

Animals,  ownership,  473. 

Country,  471. 

Issues  to,  475, 476. 

Liquor,  470. 

Prisoners  of  war,  476. 

Purchases  from,  477. 

Scouts.    (See  Indian  Scouts.) 
Indian  Scouts: 

Allowances,  478. 

Enlistment,  478,  481,  482. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  479,  480. 

Pay,  478. 

Restriction  on  pay,  478. 
Indorsements,  782. 
Infantry: 

Precedence,  6. 
Inferior  Courts: 

Approval  of  sentence,  A.  W.  112. 

Composition,  965,  967. 

Jurisdiction,  962-967. 

Sentences,  A.  W.  112. 
Inferiors: 

Duty  of  obedience,  1. 
Information  Regarding  Records,  831. 
Inks: 

Colored,  not  to  be  used,  829. 
Inkstands,  1069. 
Inquiry: 

Courts  of,  A.  W.  115-121. 
Insane  (see  Government  Hospital  for  the  Insane): 

Enlistment  of,  A.  W.  3. 

Officer,  86. 

Inspection  Reports,  893, 897, 902, 905-921. 
Inspections: 

Accounts,  901, 902, 909, 910. 

Ambulances,  1461. 

Annual,  897-900. 

Arsenals,  899. 

Artillery  guns  and  carriages,  1573. 

Bakers,  335. 

Camps,  898, 904-906. 

Chaplains,  46. 

Colleges,  189. 

Companies,  274. 

Department  commanders,  191. 

Depots,  899. 

Disbursements,  901,902,909,910. 

Frauds,  894. 

Garrisons,  898,  904-908. 

General,  889. 

Libraries,  343. 

Medical,  of  recruits.     (See  Medical  Examination 
of  Recruits.) 

Methods  of,  891-893,  904-921. 

Military  Academy,  900. 

Militia,  189. 

Musters,  443. 

National  cemeteries,  899. 

National  Home,  897. 


Inspections— Continued. 

Officers  reported  incapacitated,  907. 

Officers  to  make,  896. 

Orders  for,  899-902. 

Ordnance,  1572-1574. 

Posts,  898,  904-908. 

Property,  911-921. 

Regimental  commander,  236. 

Reports  of — 

Action  on,  893, 901, 908, 920, 921. 
Commending  officers,  F93. 
Reflecting  on  officers,  8J3. 
Disposition  of,  901. 
Contain  what,  905-907. 

Schools,  900. 

Scope,  888. 

Soldiers'  Home,  897. 

Special,  889,896. 

Sphere  of  inquiry,  888. 

Troops,  898, 9C4-908. 

Ungarrisoned  posts,  898. 

Inspector-General's  Department;  (see  Inspections; 
Inspectors- General  of  Commands;  Staff  Admin- 
istration), 888-921. 

Sphere  of  inquiry,  888. 

Inspectors-General  of  Commands  (see  Inspections; 
Inspector-  General' s  Department;  Staff  Adminis- 
tration): 

Annual  report,  890. 

Articles  for  sale  by  Subsistence  Department,  895. 

Assignments,  889. 

Clerks  and  messengers  for,  889. 

Commanding  officers  informed  of  orders  to,  891. 

Control  of,  194, 889. 

Designation  of  articles  for  sales,  895. 

Disbursing  officers,  888, 901, 909, 910. 

Duties,  888-921. 

Giving  orders,  892. 

Inspections.     (See  Inspections.) 

Methods  of  inspection,  891, 893, 904-908. 

Money  accounts,  888, 901-903, 909, 910. 

Oaths  administered  by,  894. 

Property  for  condemnation,  911-921, 1598. 

Reports  of,  890, 892-902. 

Sphere  of  inquiry,  888. 

Special  duties,  895-903. 
Instruction : 

Company,  237,257-261. 

Periods  for  practical  and  theoretical,  237 

Post,  200, 237. 

Regimental,  236,237. 
Insurance: 

Public  money  or  property,  597. 
Insurrection: 

Suppression  of,  484.    - 
Intemperance,  Habitual,  77. 
Interest  on  Deposits,  1392, 1393, 1395. 
Interior  Economy  of  Companies: 

Accouterments,  276,279,284,286. 

Arms,  276, 278. 

Bathing,  277. 

Benches,  278. 

Bunks,  276,278. 

Cooking,  287-293. 

Equipments,  276, 279, 284-286. 

Floors,  278. 

Horse  equipments,  284. 


INDEX. 


279 


Interior  Economy  of  Companies— Continued. 

Inspections,  274. 

Marking,  286. 

Messing,  287-293. 

Numbering,  275. 

Police,  277,278. 

Property,  281, 286. 

Quartering,  275. 

Sabers,  276. 

Squads,  275. 

Tables,  278. 

Uniform,  280. 

Interments  (see  Deceased  Officers;  Deceased  Sol- 
diers; Funerals): 

Battle-ground  cemeteries,  490, 491. 

National  cemeteries,  post  cemeteries,  492-497. 

Record  of,  496. 

Report  of,  497. 

Interpreters  for  Courts-Martial,  997. 
Intoxicated  Persons: 

Enlistment,  A.  W.  3. 
Intoxicating  Liquor: 

Introduction  into  Indian  country,  470. 

Sale  of,  in  exchanges  forbidden,  352. 
Inventors: 

Presence  at  tests,  1587. 
Invoices  of  Funds,  643, 644. 
Irons: 

Use  of,  in  confinement,  942. 
Issues: 

Clothing,  1165-1176. 

Equipage,  1160,  1186-1193. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1056-1067. 

Forage,  1083-1091. 

Fuel,  1043-1055. 

Ordnance,  1541-1556. 

Rations,  1230-1241. 

Stationery,  1068-1071. 

Subsistence,  1210,  1211,  1218-1241. 

Supervision  of,  673,  677. 
Job  Printing: 

Approval,  509,  510,  512. 

Contracts  for,  509,  512. 

Letter  heads,  511. 

Note  heads,  511. 

Philippine  Islands,  510,  512. 

Restrictions  on,  509-513. 

Secretary  of  War,  supervision  by,  510,  512. 

Vouchers,  510,  512. 
Journals  of  Marches,  449-453. 
Judge- Advocate-General: 

Applications  for  copies  of  proceedings  of  courts- 
martial  forwarded  to,  926. 

Duties,  793,  922. 

Opinions,  when  rendered,  793,  922. 

Records,  custodian  of  what,  922. 

Reports  on  cases  submitted  to  Chief  of  Staff,  928. 
Judge-Advocate  of  a  Com  ma  ml : 

Opinions,  when  rendered,  922. 

Report  (annual),  923. 

Return  of  law  books,  925. 
Judge -Advocate -General's     Department.      (See 

Judge-Advocate  of  a  Command;  Judge-Advocate- 
General;  Judge- Advocates  of  Courts- Martial:  Staff 

Administration.) 

Judge-Advocates   of   Courts-Martial  (see  Courts- 
Martial): 


Judge- Advocates  of  Courts-Martial — Continued. 

Appointment,  A.  W.  74. 

Counsel  for  prisoner,  A.  \V.  90. 

Duties,  A.  W.  84,  90. 

Oath,  A.  W.  85. 
Keys: 

Storerooms,  678. 
Killed: 

Lists  of,  824,  825. 

Reports,  824,  825. 
Kitchens,  288. 
Laborers: 

Extra-duty  pay,  168. 
Labors : 

Employment  of  troops,  166,  515. 
Lamp  Chimneys,  1056-1062,  1067. 
Lamps,  1056-1062,  1067. 
Lamp  Wicks,  1056-1062,  1067. 
Lance  Corporals,  263. 
Land-grant  Railroads: 

Mileage,  1307. 
Lands: 

Acquisition,  708. 

Cession,  708. 

Deeds,  709. 

Papers  relating  to,  709,  712. 

Title  papers,  709. 
Lands,  Public: 

Ejection  of  trespassers,  484. 
Lanterns,  1056-1062,  1067. 
Larceny: 

Time  of  war,  A.  W.  58. 
Laundry  Work: 

Recruits,  1179. 
Law: 

Employment  of  force  in  support  of,  483-488. 
Laws: 

Enforcement  of,  483-488. 
Lead  Pencils,  1069. 
Leaves  of  Absence: 

Applications  for,  56-67. 

Authority  to  grant,  49-55,  61,  65,  66. 

Before  resignation,  81. 

Changes  of  station,  1331. 

Commencement,  58-60. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  during,  1329. 

Delays,  70. 

Duration,  58-60. 

Extensions,  51,  52,  67. 

Graduated  cadets,  53. 

Granted  to  officers  to  return  to '  the  United 
States,  60. 

Pay  during,  1303-1306. 

Permission  to  hunt,  65,  66. 

Power  to  grant,  49-55,  61,  65,  66. 

Reports  on,  64. 

Restrictions  on,  54,  55,  61. 

Return  from,  58. 

Sick  leaves,  57,  58. 

Travel  allowances,  1317-1322. 

Staff  officers,  52. 

Legal  Representatives.     (See  Administrators;  De- 
ceased Officers;  Deceased  Soldiers. ) 
Legislation: 

Attempts  to  influence,  5. 
Letters  (see  Correspondence) : 
Contents,  778. 


280 


INDEX. 


Letters— Continued. 

Courtesy  required,  795. 

Refer  to  but  one  subject,  778. 

Rolls,  returns,  requisitions,  with,  778. 

Telegrams  followed  by,  778. 

Tone,  795. 

Transmittal  of,  778. 

Trivial,  794. 
Libraries  (see  Post  Libraries),  337-340. 

Lights,  1056, 1057. 

Transportation  for,  1151. 

Lieutenant-colonel.     (See  Commissioned  Officers.) 
Lieutenant-commander,  Navy: 

Relative  rank,  12. 
Lieutenant-General  (see  Commissioned  Officers) : 

Aids,  41. 

Escorts,  419. 

Funeral  honors,  421, 429. 

Honors  to,  380. 

Military  Secretary,  41. 

Salutes,  404. 

Visits,  410. 
Lieutenant,  Junior  Grade,  Navy: 

Relative  rank,  12. 
Lieutenant,  Navy: 

Relative  rank,  12. 

Lieutenants.     (See  Commissioned  Officers.) 
Lighting  of  Buildings,  1056-1067. 
Lights: 

Allowance  of,  1056-1067. 
Limitations: 

Desertion,  A.  W.  103. 

Statute  of,  A.  W.  103. 
Lineal  Bank,  9,12. 
Line: 

Promotions  in,  25. 
Liquid  Coffee,  J229. 
Litters: 

Hand,  1459. 

Mule,  1460. 
Loans: 

Ordnance,  1552. 

Property,  676, 681. 
Lockers,  1028. 
Longevity  Pay,  1298. 
Lost  Property: 

Claims  for,  729. 
Lot: 

To  determine  rank,  11. 
Lying  out  of  Quarters,  A.  W.  31. 
Mall  Contractors: 

Assistance,  206. 

Major.     (See  Commissioned  Officers.) 
Major-General  (see  Commissioned  Officers): 

Escorts,  419. 

Funeral  honors,  421,429. 

Honors,  380. 

Salutes,  404. 

Visits,  410. 
Manslaughter: 

In  time  of  war,  A.  W.  58. 
Manuals: 

Army  cooks,  290. 

Courts-martial,  971. 

Guard  duty,  445. 

Coast  artillery,  308. 

Small-arms  practice,  355. 

Staff  departments,  1602. 


Manuscript  Rolls,  etc. : 

Use  prohibited,  when,  1604. 
Maps: 

Field  notes,  449. 

Journals  of  march,  450. 

Marches,  449-453. 

Material  for,  453. 

Reconnaissances,  449-453. 
March: 

Order  on,  A.  W.54. 
Marches,  449-453. 

Behavior  on,  A.  W.  55. 

Journal  of,  450. 
Marine  Corps: 

Battle  reports,  822, 823. 

Courts-martial,  A.  W.  78. 

Deserters  from,  132. 

Precedence,  6. 

Relative  rank,  10, 11. 

Subsistence,  issues  of,  1220. 
Marine  Officers: 

Courts-martial,  A.  W.  78. 

Funeral  honors,  421,  429. 

Honors  to,  381. 

Precedence,  6. 

Rank,  6,  12. 

Salutes,  406. 

Visits,  410-418. 
Marines: 

Deserters  from,  132. 

Subsistence,  issues,  1220. 
Marking  of  Property : 

Animals,  1073. 

Company,  286. 

Moveable  property,  680. 

Regimental,  248. 
Married  Men: 

Enlistment  of,  1441. 
Master  Electricians,  Artillery   Corps    (see   Post 

Noncommissioned  Sta/),  300. 
Master  Signal  Electricians,  9,  15,  89,  1590. 
Matches: 

Issues,  1242. 
Matrons: 

Hospital,  1477. 

Assignment,  1477. 

Rations,  1219. 
Mattresses,  1030. 
Maximum  Punishments,  971. 
Mayhem : 

In  time  of  war,  A.  W.  58. 
Meal  Hours,  376. 
Meals: 

Time  allowed,  376. 
Mechanics,  266,269. 

Extra-duty  pay,  168. 
Medals  of  Honor,  180. 

Applications,  180. 

Awards,  180. 

Character  of  service,  180. 

Conditions  of  award,  180. 

Service,  180. 
Medical  Attendance: 

Accounts  for,  1502-1512. 

Charges,  1508-1512. 

Compensation  for,  1508-1512. 

Enlisted  men,  1500-1502. 


INDEX. 


281 


Medical  Attendance— Continued. 

Families,  1500. 

.Hospital  treatment,  1507. 

Medicines,  1502-1506. 

Nurses  (see  Xurse  Corps),  1508. 

Officers,  1500-1512. 

Payments,  1502-1512. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  1501. 

Retired  officers,  1501. 

Medical  Department  (see  Advertisements;  Chief  Sur- 
geons; Contract  Surgeons;  Dental  Surgeons;. 
General  Hospitals;  Hospital  Boats;  Hospital 
Buildings;  Hospital  Corps;  Medicines;  Medical 
Attendance;  Medical  Examination  of  Recruits; 
Noncommissioned  Officers,  Hospital  Corps; 
Nurse  Corps;  Sergeants,  First  Class,  Hospital 
Corps;  Service  of  Hospitals;  Staff"  Administra- 
tion; Surgeon); 

Appointments,  1415,  1416. 

Army  Medical  School,  454. 

Artificial  limbs,  1517-1521. 

Casualty  list,  824,  825. 

Command  of  officers,  19. 

Duties,  1413. 

Examining  boards,  30. 

Geneva  flag,  221. 

List  of  casualties,  824,  825. 

Matrons,  1219,  1477. 

Medical  supplies,  1513-1515. 

Railway  trains,  1468. 

Reports,  1516. 

Savings,  hospital,  1246-1248. 
Medical  Examination  of  Recruits: 

At  posts,  880. 

By  whom  made,  874. 

Civilian  physician,  874.- 

Conducted  how,  873. 

Made  by  recruiting  officer,  when,  874. 

Record  of,  873,  877,  881. 

Recruiting  officer  present,  874. 

Reexamination,  875-878,  880. 

Register  of,  881. 

Vaccination,  876,  879. 

When  made,  875,  878-880. 
Medical  Museum: 

Transportation  for,  1152. 
Medical  School,  454. 
Medical  Supplies: 

Purchases,  1513. 
Medicines: 

Accounts  for,  1504,  1505. 

Damaged,  1515. 

Disinfectants,  1514. 

Purchases,  1503-1506. 

Veterinary,  1080-1082. 
Members  of  Courts: 

Disorderly  conduct,  954. 

Duty,  952, 

Rank,  951. 

Memorandum  Receipts,  1095-1098. 
Memorial  Day: 

Observance  of,  444. 
Merit: 

Certificates  of,  181-185. 
Messages  (Signal  Corps): 

Cipher,  159?  (5). 

Confidently,  1592. 

Information,  certain  forbidden,  1593. 


Messages  (Signal  Corps) — Continued. 

Injurious  to  public  interests,  1593  (2). 

Order  of  precedence,  1593. 
Mess  Call,  376. 
Messengers,  731. 
Messenger  Service: 

Street-car  tickets,  1133. 
Mess  funds,  320,  327-330. 

Accounts  of,  330. 

Council  (see  Councils  of  Administration),  312- 
317. 

Custodian,  320,  330. 

Deposits,  320. 

Expenditures,  318,  319,  327-330. 

Outfits,  1030. 

Purchases,  318,  319. 

Restrictions  on  use,  318,  319. 

Rooms,  1041. 
Mess  Furniture,  292,  293. 
Messing  (see  General  Messes): 

Fare,  289. 

Field  kit,  293. 

Company  messes,  287. 

General  messes,  287. 

Kitchens,  288. 

Manual  for  Army  Cooks,  290. 

Mess  furniture,  292,  293. 

Prisoners'  food,  291. 

Supervision,  287. 

Tableware,  292,  293. 
Methods  of  Purchase,  548-552. 

Contract,  548,  553-563. 

Oral  agreement,  548-552. 

Written  proposal  and  written  acceptance,  548. 
Mileage  (see  Travel  Allowances): 

Allowances,  1307,  1308. 

Cadets  on  discharge,  1341. 

Computation,  1307. 

Distances  determined,  1310. 

Duty  from  leave,  1317-1319. 

Duty  with  public  works,  1323. 

Inspections,  restrictions  on,  1312. 

Joining  first  station,  1324-1326. 

Joining  from  leave,  1317. 

Orders  contemplating,  69-75,  1313-1316. 

Payments  of,  1311. 

Rates,  1307. 

Station  changed  while  absent,  1320-1322. 

Traveling  with  troops,  13C9. 

Traveling  without  troops,  1309. 

Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  etc.,  1326. 
Military  Academy,  454. 

Absence,  leaves  to  graduates,  53. 

Appointments  of  former  cadets,  37. 

Inspections,  900. 

Leaves  of  absence,  53. 

Payments  to  cadets,  1340-1342. 

Regulations  for,  454. 

Transportation  for,  1152. 
Military  Attaches: 

Allowances,  1106. 

Baggage,  1142, 1144.     • 

Transportation,  1142, 1144. 
Military  Authority: 

Exercised,  how,  2-8. 
Military  Courts  and  Boards: 

Stationery  for,  1068. 


282 


INDEX. 


Military  Departments   (see   Territorial 

and  Departments),  186-197. 
Military  Commands,  895,  904-908. 
Military    Correspondence    (see    Correspondence), 

837-855. 
Military  Discipline  (see  Discipline),  1-5. 

Conduct  prejudicial  to,  A.  W.  62. 
Military  Districts: 

Orders,  copies  of,  810. 
Military  Education,  454. 
Military  Force,  Use  of: 

Alaska,  484. 

Applications  for,  486. 

Civil  rights,  484. 

Command  of  troops,  487. 

Employment  of,  483-488. 

Employment  of  force,  487. 

Execution  of  laws,  484. 

Extradition,  484. 

Guano  islands,  484. 

Hawaii,  484. 

Health,  public,  484. 

Insurrection,  484. 

Interstate  commerce,  484. 

Lands,  public,  484. 

National  parks,  484. 

Protection  of  Indians,  484. 

Republican  form  of  government,  484. 

Requests  for,  486. 

Restrictions  on  use  of,  483,  485. 

Sequoia  Park,  484. 

Tactics,  488. 

Trade  and  commerce,  484. 

Use  of,  487,  488. 

Yosemite  Park,  484. 
Military  Funerals.     (See  Funerals.) 
Military  Prisoners: 

Clothing,  1180, 1181. 
Military  Rank  (see  Rank): 

Definition,  7. 

Military  Secretary's  Department  (see  Blanks  and 
Blank  Books;  Correspondence;  Military  Secre- 
tary; Muster  Rolls;  Orders;  Recruiting  Service; 
Reports;  Returns;  Staff;  Staff  Administration): 

Duties,  777. 

Orders,  777. 

Military  Secretary's  Office  (see  Military  Secretary's 
Department): 

A /chives  of,  777. 

Discontinued  commands,  828. 
Military  Secretary,  The.    (See  Military  Secretary's 

Department.) 
Military  Service  Institution: 

Transportation  for,  1152. 
Military  Telegraph  Lines,  1591-1593,  1595. 
Military  Posts: 

Buildings,  205,  710,  711. 

Camps,  199. 

Care  of,  210. 

Commanders,  200-208,  210. 

Construction,  710. 

Control  of,  211. 

Designations,  198, 199.  ' 

Embellishment,  210. 

Establishment,  198. 

Evacuated,  211. 

Evening  gun,  207. 


Military  Posts— Continued. 

Expenditures,  204,  205,  210. 

Forts,  199. 

Hospitals,  201. 

Inspections,  201. 

Mail  contractors,  206. 

Morning  gun,  207. 

Names,  198. 

Observance  of  the  Sabbath,  202. 

Plans,  712. 

Records,  208. 

Repairs,  711. 

Restriction  on  expenditures,  710,711. 

Staff,  203. 
Militia: 

Blank  forms  for  mustering,  459. 

Calling  into  service  of  the  United  States,  455. 
Constitutional  provisions  for,  455. 
Laws  governing,  455. 

Duties  of  division  commanders  in  connection 
with,  189. 

Connection  with,  189. 

Duties  of  mustering  officers,  459. 

Engineer  supplies  for,  1539. 

Honors  to,  395, 406. 

Inspections  of,  189. 

Mobilization  of,  459. 

Mustered  in,  by  whom,  458. 

Muster-in  and  muster-out,  rules  for,  463. 

Organizations,     maximum      and     minimum 
strength  of,  458. 

Organized,  called  first,  457. 

Payments  to,  when  mustered  in,  460. 

Physical  examination,  458,462. 

Precedence,  6. 

President's  authority  over,  456. 

Quotas,  how  apportioned,  457. 

Rank,  10, 11,  A.  W.  124. 

Reports  and  returns  of,  189. 

Salutes,  395, 406. 

Service  in,  of  civilian  candidate,  35. 

Signal  supplies  for,  1597. 

Subject  to  Articles  of  War,  A.  W.  64. 

Subsistence  supplies  for,  1234. 
Militia  Officers: 

Honors  to,  381,  395,  406. 
Mineral  Oil: 

Allowances,  1056-1062,  1067. 

Issues,  1059. 
.  Sales,  1060,  1061. 

Savings,  not  allowed,  1062. 

Standard,  1059. 
Minor  under  16: 

Enlistment,  A.  W.  3. 
Minors: 

Enlistment  of,  856, 858,  862,  A.  W.  3. 
Misappropriation,  A.  AY.  60. 
Misbehavior  before  Enemy,  A.  W.  42. 
Mitigation,  950,  A.  W.  112. 
Mobs: 

Employment  of  force  against,  488. 
Money  Accountability.     (See  Public  Moneys.) 
Money  Accounts  (see  Public  Moneys): 

Administration  examination,  659,  660. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1249-1278. 

Saving  of  rations,  1246-1248. 


INDEX. 


283 


Moneys  (see  Public  Moneys}: 

Embezzlement,  A..  W.  CO. 
Money  Vouchers  (see  Vouchers),  635-656. 
Monthly  Returns  of  Trcops,  816-819. 
.Morning  Gun,  207. 
Morning  Reports.  378. 
Mounted  Pay: 

Acting  Judge-Advocates,  1300. 

Authorized  to,  1299. 

General  Staff,  1300. 

Muster  rolls  of  mounted  companies,  1302. 

Orders  mounting  companies,  1201. 

Rules  prescribed,  1299. 
Mugs: 

Shaving,  1243. 
Mule  Litters,  1460. 

Mules  (see  Public  Animals),  1072-1079. 
Mule  Shoes,  1104. 
Murder: 

In  time  of  war,  A.  W.  58. 
Music  Pouches,  1312. 
Mustering  Officer: 

Duties  of,  459. 

Gratifications  to,  A.  W.  6. 
Muster  Rolls: 

Artillery  corps,  812. 

Chaplains,  812. 

Company,  812,  814. 

Corrections  on,  815. 

Designation  of  companies  on,  814. 

Detachment,  812,  813. 

Disposition,  812. 

Entries,  812,  813. 

Field,  staff,  and  band,  812. 

Hospital,  812. 

Pay  rolls,  812,  813. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  812. 

Preparation,  812. 

Signatures,  812. 

When  made,  812. 
Musters  (see  Muster  Rolls),  442,443. 

Certificates  of,  A.  W.  12. 

Detached  soldiers,  813. 

False,  A.  W.  5,  A.  W.  14. 

Gratifications,  etc.,  for,  A.W.6. 
Mutiny: 

Beginning,  causes,  etc.,  A.  W.22. 

Repression,  A.  W.  23. 
National  Airs,  255. 

National  Bank  Depositories.     (See  Depositories.) 
National  Cemeteries,  489. 

Inspection,  899. 

Supervision,  489. 
National  Flag: 

Description,  212,  213. 

Dipping,  409. 

Funerals,  424-428. 

Hoisting,  441. 

Honors  to,  382,  402,  403,  441,  444. 

Lowering,  441. 

Salutes  to,  382,  402,  403,  441,  444. 
National  Holidays.    (See  Memorial  Day.) 
National  Guard.     (See  Militia.) 
National  Home,  Disabled  Volunteer  Soldiers: 

Inspection,  897. 
Naval  Officers: 

Escorts,  419. 


Naval  Officers— Continued. 

Funeral  honors,  423. 

Honors  to,  381,  395,  406. 

Salutes,  3C5,  406. 

Visits,  411-418. 
Navy: 

Deserters  from,  132. 

Relative  rank  of  officers  of,  12. 

Seamen,  rations  to,  1220. 
Needles,  1243. 
Neutrality: 

Enforcement  of,  484. 

Newspaper  Advertising  (see  Advertisements),  498- 
508. 

Lists  of  papers,  504, 508. 
Newspapers  for  Libraries,  337. 
Noncommissioned  Officers  (see  Post  Noncommis- 
sioned Staff;  Noncommissioned  Staff) : 

Allowances,  1051,  1130,  1134,1142,1219,1241,1249, 
1264. 

Appointment,  261-264, 266. 

Baggage,  1142. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1249-1264. 

Certificates  of  appointment,  247, 265. 

Corporals,  261-268. 

Details— 
For  duty,  362-367. 
On  extra  duty,  168-170. 

Duties  performed  by  roster,  361-367. 

Extra  duty,  168-170. 

First  sergeants,  264. 

Fuel,  1051. 

Indian  scouts,  479. 

Instruction,  261. 

Lance  corporals,  263. 

Precedence  of,  9. 

Quarters,  1051. 

Recruiting  service,  852, 854, 855. 

Reduction  to  ranks,  267, 268. 

Reproof,  261. 

Rooms,  1051. 

Selection,  261-264. 

Sentence  of  reduction,  268. 

Sergeants,  261-268. 

Support,  261. 

Warrants,  247,265. 

Noncommissioned   Officers,   Hospital  Corps  (see 
Hospital  Corps): 

Appointment,  1432. 

Assignment,  1445-1447. 

Discharge,  1435. 

Enlistment,  1431,  1438. 

Examination,  1432. 

Lance  corporals,  1436. 

Rank,  9. 

Reduction,  1435. 

Reenlistment,  1438. 

Warrants,  1432. 
Noncommissioned    Officers,   Signal    Corps,   1589, 

1590. 
Noncommissioned  Staff: 

Artillery  Corps,  304-306. 

Battalion,  247. 

Post  (see  Post  Noncommissioned  Staff),  93-102. 

Regimental,  247. 

Squadron,  247. 
Notebooks : 

Marches,  449^153. 


284 


INDEX. 


Notes: 

Marches,  449-453. 
Notification: 

Discharge,  153. 
Nurse  Corps,  Army  (Female) : 

Appointments,  1450. 

Assignments,  1450. 

Duties,  1451,  1452. 

Pay,  1455. 

Private  cases,  1453, 1454. 

Services  in  families,  1453. 

Special  leave,  1454. 

Superintendent,  1451. 

Presents  for  services,  1455. 
Nurses: 

Commutation  of  rations,  1249. 

Employment  of,  1508. 

Rations,  1219. 

Sales,  1265. 
Oak  wood: 

Fuel  standard,  1047. 
Oath: 

Courts  of  inquiry,  A.  W.  117. 

Judge-advocate,  A.  W.  85. 

Member  of  court,  A.  W.  84. 

Office,  23. 

Witness,  717;  A.  W.  92. 
Oaths: 

Administration,  23,  717,  894. 

Inspectors,  894. 

Profane,  A.  W.  53. 

Survey,  715,  717. 

Witnesses,  717;  A.  W.  92. 
Obedience  to  Orders,  1. 
Occasions  of  Ceremony: 

Precedence,  6. 
Office: 

Civil,  acceptance  of,  82. 

Oaths  of,  23. 

Officers.    (See  Commissioned  Officers.) 
Offices: 

Corn  brooms,  1191. 

Furniture,  1069. 

Stationery,  1068, 1069. 
Official  Check  Books  (see  Checks;   Check  Books), 

609-611. 

Official  Letters  (see  Correspondence),  778-795. 
Official  Tables  of  Distances,  1307, 1310. 
Oil: 

Mineral,  1056-1062,  1067. 
Offering  Tiolence  to  Superior,  A.  W.  21. 
Open  Market  Purchases: 

Indian,  551. 

Method  of  making,  550. 

Reports  of,  552, 1584. 

When  made,  549. 

Opinion  of  Court  of  Inquiry,  A.  W.  119. 
Oral  Agreements,  548-552. 
Orders,  796-811. 

Address,  801. 

Affecting  staff  officers,  811. 

Caption,  800. 

Channels,  806. 

Classification,  796. 

Contents,  797,  800. 

Conveyance,  803, 804. 

Copies  to  Military  Secretary,  810, 811. 


Orders— Continued. 

Court-martial,  appointing,  951, 953. 

Directing  travel,  68-75, 1313-1318. 

Disobedience,  A.  W.  21. 

Distribution,  807-811. 

Execution,  801. 

Form,  796-800. 

Furnishing  to  Military  Secretary,  810, 811. 

General,  796, 797, 799. 

Inspectors,  897. 

Obedience  to,  1. 

Printed,  807. 

Publication,  809. 

Special,  796-798. 

Travel  allowances,  71,75,  805,  1307,  1309,  1310, 

1312-1322. 

Orders  Directing  Disbursements,  657. 
Orders  of  Superior: 

Expenditures  of— 
Money,  659. 
Property,  700, 701. 

Ordinary  Leaves  of  Absence.     (See  Leaves  of  Ab- 
sence.) 
Ordnance  Department,  1540,  1587. 

Accountability,  1540,  1580. 

Ammunition,  358,  1557-1560. 

Blank  forms  (see  Blanks  and  Blank  Books) ,  1582. 

Clothing  for  enlisted  men,  1165. 

Depots,  1544-1546. 

Duties,  1540. 

Expenditures  of  ammunition,  1557-1560. 

Experimental  trials,  1585-1587. 

Inspection  of  supplies,  1572-1574. 

Inspections,  899,  901,  904-908. 

Issues,  1541-1556. 

Packing,  1575-1579. 

Purchases,  1584. 

Records,  1581. 

Repair  of  material,  1567, 1568. 

Reports,  1580. 

Requisitions,  1542, 1546, 1547, 1548, 1582. 

Returns,  1540, 1580. 

Sales,  1549-1556. 

Surplus  stores,  1561-1571. 

Tests,  1585-1587. 

Transportation,  1575-1579. 
Ordnance  Depots,  1544-1546. 
Ordnance  Establishments: 

Inspections,  899,  901,  904-908. 

Visits,  1586, 1587. 
Ordnance  Sergeants.     (See  Post  Noncommissioned 

Staff.) 
Ordnance  Stores  (see  Ordnance  Department) : 

Ammunition,  1557-1560. 

Arm  chests,  1571. 

Canteens,  1563. 

Care,  1583. 

Charges,  1556-1570. 

Civilians,  1555. 

Civilian  employees,  1555, 1556. 

Damaged  stores,  1566-1574. 

Definition,  1541. 

Issues,  1541-1548,  1553,  1554. 

Loans,  1552. 

Loss,  1556. 

Preservation,  1583. 

Price  lists,  1570. 


INDEX. 


285 


Ordnance  Stores— Continued.  . 

Procurement  of,  1584. 

Repairs,  1549,  1566-1568. 

Returns,  1540,  1580. 

Sales,  1549-1556. 

Surplus  stores,  1561-1563. 

Transfers,  1542-1548, 1553,  1561-1571,  1575-1579 
Organized  Militia.     (See  Militia.) 
Outside  Illumination,  1056. 
Outstanding  Checks,  604-608. 
Overpayments,  1412. 
Paper: 

Stationery,  1068-1071. 

Toilet,  1242. 
Paper  Folders,  1069. 
Parade: 

Ceremony,  375,  377,  440. 

Failing  to  repair  to  place  of,  A.  W.  33. 
Pardon,  A.  W.  112. 
Parent: 

Consent  for  enlistment,  862. 
Parlor  cars,  1134-1140. 
Partnerships : 

Contracts  of,  557. 
Passports,  63. 
Patriotic  airs,  255. 
Pay: 

Certificate  of  merit,  183. 

Extra  duty,  166-175. 

Indian  scouts,  478. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  136. 

Pay    Department   (see  Additional   Pay,  Enlisted 
Men;  Additional  Pay  to   Officers;  Allotments; 
Commutation  of  Quarters;  Deposits;  Mileage;  i 
Mounted  Pay;  Pay  During  Absence;  Paymaster-  i 
General;  Payment  of  Cadets;  Payment  of  Offi-  \ 
cers;  Payments;  Payments  to  Troops;  Stoppages 
of  Pay,  Enlisted  Men;  Stoppages  of  Pay,  Offi- 
cers): 

Allotments,  1374-1387. 

Cadets,  1340-1342. 

Certificate  of  merit,  1370. 

Chief  paymasters,  1281, 1311. 

Collections,  615,  1269,  1275, 1276. 

Computation  of  time,  1282. 

Contract  surgeons,  1293. 

Credit  sales,  1266,  1268-1276. 

Notification  of  discharge,  153. 

Overpayments,  1364. 

Receipts,  1412. 

Tables  of  distances,  1310,  1406. 

Time,  computation  of,  1282. 
Pay  During  Absence: 

Computing  absence,  1304. 

Determining  full-pay  period,  1303. 

Duty  while  on  leave,  1306. 

Graduating  leave,  1342. 

Leave  year,  1304. 

Officers  of  the  Military  Academy,  1305. 
Payees: 

Identification  of,  649,  1403. 
Paymaster-General: 

Duties. 

Tables  of  distances,  1310,  1406. 
Paymasters'  Clerks: 

Changes  of  stations,  742. 

Travel  allowances,  740. 


Payment  of  Cadets: 

Discharge,  on,  1341. 

Graduating  leave,  1342. 

Method,  1340. 

Payment  of  Discharged  Soldiers  (see  Final  State- 
ments) : 

Fraud,  discharged  for,  1408,  1410. 

Identification  required,  153, 1403. 

Minority  concealed  at  enlistment,  1408. 

Recruits,  discharged  for  disability,  1410. 

Retained  in  service,  1409. 

Travel  allowance,  1406, 1407. 
Payment  of  Officers  (see  Additional  Pay  to  Officers; 
Commutation  of  Quarters;  Mileage;   Mounted 
Pay;  Pay  During  Absence): 

After  appointment,  1287, 1288. 

By  whom  paid,  1284. 

Contract  surgeons,  1293. 

Forms  for,  1283. 

Monthly,  1283. 

On  leaving  service,  1289-1292. 

Retired  officers,  1284. 

Transfer  of  vouchers,  1285-1286. 
Payments: 

Actual  expenses,  1308. 

Commutation  of  rations,  1249-1264. 

Deserters,  1400-1402. 

Furloughed  enlisted  men,  111. 

On  order  of  superior,  657. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  136. 

Savings  to  troops,  1246-1248. 

Telegrams,  1196-1202. 

Payments  to  Troops  (see  Pay  Department;  Pay 
ment  of  Discharged  Soldiers): 

Absence  of  company,  1362. 

Alaska,  1345. 

Certificates  of  merit,  1370. 

Check,  1344-1363. 

Company  commander,  1353. 

Correction  of  errors,  1355,  1356. 

Currency,  1344-1363. 

Death  of  soldier,  1361. 

Declining  to  receive,  1361. 

Deductions.     (See  Stoppages  of  Pay,  Enlisted 
Men.) 

D eposits.    (See  Deposits  of  Pay. ) 

Desertion  of  soldier,  1361. 

Envelopes,  1344,  1348-1365. 

Errors  in,  1364. 

Express,  1344,  1348-1365. 

Forfeitures,  1397-1399. 

Frequency,  1343. 

How  made,  1343, 1344-1365. 

Monthly,  1343. 

Pay  rolls,  1347,  1348,  1354-1365. 

Philippine  Islands,  1345. 

Stoppages.     (See   Stoppages  of  Pay,    Enlisted 
Men.) 

Witnessing,  815,  1346,  1354,  1356,  1360,  1361. 
Pay  Kolls,  Enlisted  Men: 

Alterations,  815. 

Calculations,  815, 1346. 

Computations,  815,  1346. 

Corrections,  815. 

Deductions,  1397. 

Designation  of  companies,  814. 

Disposition,  812. 


286 


INDEX. 


Pay  Rolls,  Enlisted  Men— Continued. 

Entries,  812,  813. 

Forwarding,  1348. 

Preparation,  812. 

Return,  1349. 1357. 

Signatures,  812, 1347. 

Witnessing  payment,  815. 
Pecuniary  Responsibility  of  Officers,  657,  658. 

For  orders  to  purchase,  etc.,  657. 

For  facts  certified  to,  658. 
Penalty  Envelopes: 

Cover  what,  843. 

Foreign  mail,  848. 

Form  of,  845. 

Sending  packages  in,  846. 

Use,  843-848. 
Penitentiary: 

Change  in  designation,  973. 

Confinement  in,  973,  974:  A.  W.  97. 

Sentences  to,  973,  974. 

United  States,  974. 
Pension  Records,  777. 
Periodicals  for  Libraries,  337. 
PermRs: 

To  hunt,  65,  66. 

Verbal,  for  less  than  twenty-four  hours,  64. 
Personal  Favor: 

Efforts  to  secure,  5. 

Personal  Reports,  64,  65,  97,  100,  135,  832-837,  890, 
1434,  1590. 

Absent  officers,  834. 

Address,  change  of,  64. 

Aids,  833. 

Arrival  at  Washington,  division  or  department 
headquarters,  832. 

Detached  officers,  835. 

Efficiency  (see  Efficiency  Reports'),  838-842. 

Field  officers,  regimental,  837. 

General  officers,  833. 

Hunting  absence,  return  from,  65. 

Leave,  departure  on,  64. 
Personal  Salutes  (see  Salutes),  380,  405. 
Personal  Services: 

Defined,  518. 

Procurement  of,  514,  518. 
Persuading  to  Desert,  A.  W.  51. 
Philippine  Islands: 

Payments  to  troops  in,  1345. 
Physical  Examination: 

Civil  appointees,  34,  36. 

Enlisted  men,  30. 

Officers  for  promotion,  24,  25. 

Recruits,  873-881. 

Physician,  Civilian  (see  Contract  Surgeons;  Medi- 
cal Attendance) : 

Accounts  for,  1502. 

Compensation,  1509, 1512, 

Employment  of,  1502. 
Pillaging,  A.W.42. 
Pillows,  1030. 
Pickax  Handles,  1186. 
Plans: 

Deposit  of,  712. 
Platoon: 

Quitting  witnout  leave,  A.  W.40. 
Pleas,  A.  W.  89. 
Plunder,  A.W.42. 


Posse  Comitatns: 

Troops  not  to  be  used  as,  485. 
Post  Bakeries,  331-336, 1051. 

Bakers,  168, 332-335. 

Bread,  baking  of,  331,336. 

Expenses,  334. 

Extra  pay  to  bakers,  333. 

Fuel,  1051. 

Funds.     (See  Bakery  Funds.) 

Inspections,  335. 

Supervision,  331. 
Post  Cemeteries: 

Embellishment,  493-495. 

Establishment,  492, 493, 495. 

Graves,  494, 497. 

Headboards,  494. 

Inclosure,  493. 

Interments,  492,494-497. 

Marking  graves,  494. 

Records,  496. 

Repairs,  493. 

Reports,  497. 

Walks,  495. 
Post  Commanders  (see  Commanding  Officers) : 

Clothing  estimates,  1154, 1155. 

Duties,  200-202, 204-207, 210, 237, 752, 754. 

Estimates,  751,1154,1155. 

Expenditures,  204-206. 

Inspections,  200, 201. 

Leaves  of  absence  by,  49. 

Leaves  of  absence  to,  50. 

Observance  of  Sabbath,  202. 

Records,  208. 

Sales  of  subsistence,  1273. 

Staff,  203. 

Summary  court,  965. 

Supervision  of  estimates,  752-754. 

Telegraphic  code,  1195. 
Post  Commissary  Sergeants: 

Appointment,  93-96. 

Duties  97,98. 

Examination,  96. 

Qualifications,  93-96. 

Selection,  93, 95. 
Post  Councils  (see  Councils  of  Administration), 

312,317. 
Post  Exchanges: 

Beer,  sale  forbidden,  352. 

Councils  (see  Councils  of  Administration),  312- 
317. 

Debts  due,  350. 

Intoxicating  liquors,  sale  forbidden,  352. 

Regulations,  350. 

Reports,  351. 

Wine,  sales  forbidden,  352. 
Post  Gardens: 

Cultivation,  347-349. 

Distribution  of  products,  349. 

Ground  allotted  to  companies,  347. 

Seeds,  348. 
Post  Libraries: 

Books.  337-344. 

Fuel,  1051. 

Inspections,  343. 

Librarian,  337. 

Lights,  1056. 

Newspapers,  337. 


INDEX. 


287 


Post  Libraries— Continued. 

Periodicals,  337. 

Purposes,  337. 

Returns,  338. 

Eooms,  337. 
Post  Noncommissioned  Staff,  93-102. 

Appointment,  93-96. 

Control,  99. 

Discharge,  102. 

Duties,  97,  98. 

Examination,  96. 

Qualifications,  93-96. 

Reduction,  102. 

Reenlistment,  101. 

Reports,  100. 

Selection,  93-96. 

Post  Quartermaster  Sergeants.      (See  Post  ^'on- 
commissioned  Staff.) 
Post  Returns,  A.  W.  7. 
Post  Schools: 

For  enlisted  men,  454. 

For  officers,  454. 
Posts  (see  Military  Posts'),  198-211. 

Books,  208. 

Clothing,  estimates,  and  issues,  1153-1193. 

Discontinued,  records  of,  828. 

Examination  of  recruits  at,  880. 

Hospital  Corps,  allowance,  1445-1447. 

Hygiene,  1414. 

Inspections  of,  898,904-908. 

Librarian,  337. 

Medical  attendance,  1500-1512. 

Medical  officer,  duties,  1414. 

Quartermaster-sergeants,  93-102. 

Records,  228. 

Returns,  A.  W.  7. 
Pouches: 

Bands,  1177. 
Precedence: 

Officers,  9, 10, 11, 12. 

Regiments  and  corps,  6. 
ecedence  on  Occasions  of  Ceremony: 

Artillery,  6. 

Cavalry,  6. 

Dismounted  cavalry,  6. 

Engineers,  6. 

Hospital  Corps,  6. 

Infantry,  6. 

Signal  Corps,  6. 

Presentation  of  False  Claims,  A.  W.  60. 
President: 

Applications  for  troops,  486. 

Certificates  of  merit,  181. 

Colors,  215. 

Commutation  of  sentences,  950. 

Disrespectful  words  against,  A.  W.  19. 

Duties  of  Engineer  Corps,  1522. 

Employment  of  troops,  487. 

Escorts,  419. 

Examinations  for  staff  details,  38. 

Flag,  214. 

Funeral  honors,  420. 

Honors  to,  380. 

Pardons,  950. 

Review  of  court-martial  cases,  989. 

Salutes,  404. 

Territorial  departments,  186. 


President  of  Court-Martlal,  953. 
President  of  Senate: 

Honors  to,  381. 

Salutes  to,  404. 
Previous  Convictions: 

Considered  when,  970. 

Evidence  of,  970. 

Proven,  how,  970. 

Record  of,  accompanies  charges,  961,  963. 
Price  Lists: 

Clothing,  1153. 

Subsistence,  1278. 

Ordnance,  1570. 
Principal  Musician: 

Appointment,  251. 

Rank,  9. 

Printing,  509-513. 
Prisoners  (see  General  Prisoners): 

Abatement  in  term,  949. 

Awaiting  sentence,  935. 

Awaiting  trial,  935. 

Clothing,  946,  1180,  1181. 

Confinement,  939,  943-950. 

Designation,  935. 

Effects,  947. 

Food,  3, 14. 

Forwarding,  945. 

General,  935, 943-950. 

Good  time,  allowance,  949. 

Pardons,  950. 

Place  of  confinement,  943. 

Refusal  to  receive,  A.  W.  67. 

Release,  948,950,  A.W.69. 

Reports  of,  A.  W.  68. 

Restraints  on,  942. 

Rewards  for,  127. 
Prisoners  of  War: 

Allotments  of,  1382. 

Indian,  476. 

Rations,  1219. 
Private  Horses,  1101-1105. 

Purchase,  1101. 

Shoeing,  1104. 

Transportation,  1105. 
Private  Property  Lost,  729. 
Privileges: 

Withholding,  960. 
Proceeds  of  Sales : 

Application,  618, 619. 

Deposit,  618, 619. 

Exceptions,  618. 

Transfers,  620. 
Profane  Oaths,  A.W.53. 
Professional  Books  and  Papers,  1143-1145. 
Promotions : 

By  seniority,  24, 25. 

Cadets,  27. 

Enlisted  men,  27-31, 37. 

In  line,  25. 

In  staff,  24. 

Notices  of,  21. 

Property  (see  Public  Property),  661-729. 
Property  Accountability : 

Accounts,  697,  704-707. 

Administrative  examination,  706,  707. 

Enlisted  men,  699,  703. 

Examination  of  accounts,  706,  707. 


288 


INDEX. 


Property  Accountability— Continued. 

Expenditures,  700,  702. 
By  order,  701. 

Methods  of  accounting,  697,  704-707. 

Orders  of  superior,  701. 

Rendition  of  returns,  697, 704-707. 

Returns,  697,  704-707. 

Separate  returns,  698. 

Unauthorized  expenditures,  700. 

Vouchers,  700,  701. 
Proposals: 

Abstracts,  539,  541,  546,  547. 

Advertising  for,  520-524. 

Awards,  541-546. 

Bonds.     (See  Bonds). 

Erasures,  532. 

Forms,  529-535. 

Guaranties,  533-535. 

Information  to  bidders,  525-528. 

Interlineations,  532. 

Numbers,  531. 

Opening,  535,  537-539. 

Preparation,  529-532. 

Prices,  531. 

Reading,  639. 

Rejection,  543,  544. 

Signature  to,  529, 530. 

Submission,  529-538. 

Withdrawal,  538. 
Prosecution : 

Judge-advocate  to  carry  on,  A.  W.  90. 

Limitation  on,  A.  W.  103. 
Provisions: 

Violence  to  persons  bringing  in,  A.  W.  56. 
Provost- Marshal: 

Refusal  to  receive  prisoner,  A.  W.  67. 
Public  Animals: 

Assignment,  1073,  1078. 

Banging,  1074. 

Bedding,  1091. 

Branding,  1073. 

Clipping,  1074. 

Condemned,  1079. 

Descriptive  book,  271,  1076. 

Descriptive  lists,  1075-1077. 

Docking,  1074. 

Forage  allowance.     (See  Forage). 

Killed,  720. 

Purchases,  1072. 

Salt,  1242 

Straw  (see  Straw),  1091. 

Veterinary  supplies,  1080-1082 

Vinegar,  1242. 
Publications: 

Restrictions  on,  5. 
Public  Health: 

Enforcement  of,  484. 
Public  Lands: 

Inclosures  of,  484. 
Public  Moneys  (see  Disbursing  Officers): 

Accounts  current,  630-634. 

Application  of,  580. 

Appropriations,  621-629. 

Betting  at  cards,  594. 

Certificates  of  deposit,  612-617. 

Check  books,  609-611. 

Checks,  600-608. 


Public  Moneys— Continued. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  duties  of,  581. 

Commissary  officers,  588. 

Computation  of  time,  655. 

Cover  in  of,  590. 

Deceased  officers,  86. 

Depositories,  list  of,  582. 

Depositories,  distribution  of  deposits,  583. 

Deposits,  581-589,  595,  596. 

Embezzlement,  A.  W.  60. 

Estimates  for,  581. 

Examination  of  accounts,  659,  660. 

Gambling,  594. 

Insane  officers,  86. 

Inspection  of  accounts,  901,  902,  909,  910. 

Insurance  prohibited,  597. 

Interest  in  purchases,  591-593. 

Fiscal  year,  621-629. 

Offenses  in  connection  with,  591-594. 

Personal  possession,  when  authorized,  587,  588. 

Proceeds  of  sales,  618-620. 

Recruiting  officers,  587. 

Remaining  on  deposit  more  than  three  years, 
590. 

Responsibility  of  officers,  657,  658. 

Restrictions  on  use,  580. 

Sales  of  public  property,  618-620. 

Sharing  in  profits,  593. 

Transfers,  583,  598,  599. 

Vouchers  (see  Vouchers),  635-656 
Public  Notice: 

Supplies  procured  after,  518. 
Public  Property  (see  Surveys  on  Property;  Unserv 
icedble  Property): 

Absence  of  officer  in  charge,  663,  664,  668. 

Accountability,  661,  697-707,  1092-1094. 

Accountability,  defined,  661. 

Blank  receipts,  674. 

Branding,  680. 

Bureau  transfers,  675. 

Captured,  826,  A.  W.  9. 

Certificates,  1098. 

Commanding  officer,  responsibility,  662. 

Company  commander,  661,  665-668. 

Company  property,  286. 

Condemned,  684. 

Condition,  1100. 

Damaged,  686-696,  702,  703,  724,1098,1148. 

Deficiency  in,  706,  707,  718,  724, 1098, 1148. 

Destroyed,  686-696,  702,  703,724,1148. 

Detachment  commander,  661,  665-668. 

Detachment  of  accountable  officer,  663,  664,  668 

Embezzlement,  A.  W.  60. 

Enlisted  men,  667,  669,  677,  689-691,  699,  703. 

Expended,  lost,  or  destroyed,  702. 

Inspections  of,  911-921. 

Issued  for  police  purposes,  446-448. 

Issues  and  transfers,  669-674. 

Keys  of  storerooms,  678. 

Lands,  708-712. 

Loans,  676,  681. 

Lost,  686-696,  702,  703, 724, 1148. 

Marking,  248,  286,  680. 

Miscarried,  670. 

Receipt  of,  669-674. 

Receipts  in  blank,  674. 

Receipts  for,  669-674. 


INDEX. 


289 


Public  Property— Continued. 

Recovery  of,  693-696. 

Reduction  in  price,  685. 

Regimental,  248. 

Repairs  to,  679. 

Responsibility  for,  661,  662,  665-667.     » 

Rewards,  693-6%. 

Sale,  684. 

Stolen,  693-696. 

Storerooms,  678. 

Supervision  of  issues,  677. 

Surveying  expeditions,  676. 

Temporary  absence,  662-665. 

Temporary  command,  662-665. 

Transfer  from  one  bureau  to  another,  620, 675. 

Transfers,  669-675. 

Unserviceable,  682. 

Used  by  guards,  446-448. 

Use  for  private  purposes,  681. 

Worn-out,  682-685. 
Public  Property,  Lost  or  Damaged: 

Causes  of  damage  classified,  686. 

Charges  for,  687,  689-692. 

Civilian  employee,  692. 

Desertion,  through,  114,  691. 

Recover,  efforts  to,  693-696. 

Stoppages  for,  687,  689-692. 

Stolen,  693-696. 
Public  Works: 

Control,  1522. 

Inspection,  899,  904-908. 

Travel  allowances,  1323, 1536. 
Punishment  Order,  970,  971. 
Punishments: 

Branding,  A.  W.  98. 

Conformable  to  law,  2. 

Disciplinary,  960. 

Marking,  A.  W.  98. 

Order,  970,  971. 

Restrictions  on,  970. 

Tattooing,  A.  W.  98. 
Purchases  (see Awards;  Contracts;  Proposals): 

Advertising,  498-508,  520-524.' 

Authority  for,  514,  519. 

Bonds,  bidders  (see  also  Bonds),  533-535. 

Certificates  of  pay,  592. 

Claims,  592. 

Contractors,  565-579. 

Contingent  funds,  197. 

Contracts,  548-563. 

Domestic  articles  preferred,  517. 

Foreign,  516. 

Forms  of  agreement,  548-552. 

General  requirements,  514-519. 

Guaranties,  533-535. 

Indians,  477,  551. 

Land,  708. 

Marking,  564. 

Methods,  548-552. 

Notice,  518. 

Oral  agreements,  548-552. 

Personal  services,  518,  548, 545 

Proposals,  525-547. 

Responsibility  for,  519. 

Reports  of,  552. 

Where  made,  516,  518. 

Without  inviting  competition  forbidden,  619. 

•5828—04 19 


Quartermaster-General: 

Newspapers  for  libraries,  337. 
Quartermaster's  Department  (see  Barracks;  Bar- 
racks and  Quarters;  Cemeteries;  Clothing; 
Equipage;  Fuel;  Forage;  Illuminating  Sup- 
plies; Public  Animals;  Quarters;  Telegraphing; 
Transportation;  Transportation  of  Persons; 
Transportation  Requests;  Transportation  of 
Supplies): 

Accountability  for  property,  661-729,  1094-1096. 

Advertising,  498-508. 

Allowances- 
Animals,  1083-1091. 
Barracks  and  quarters,  1018-1042, 1051. 
Baggage;  1130,  1141-1145. 
Barrack  chairs,  1029. 
Bedding,  1090, 1091. 
Electric  light,  1056-1067. 
Forage,  1083-1089. 
Fuel,  1043-1055. 
Gas,  1056-1067. 
Horses,  1083-1091, 1105. 
Quarters,  1018-1052. 
Rooms,  1041,  1051,  1052. 
Stationery,  1068-1071. 
Stoves,  1043-1055. 
Straw,  1090, 1091. 
Transportation,  1130,  1141-1145. 

Baggage,  1130, 1141-1145. 

Brooms,  1191. 

Brushes,  1191. 

Corn  brooms,  1191. 

Depots,  187, 188,  1011, 1012. 

Duties,  1009-1011. 

Electric  light,  1056-1067. 

Estimates  for  funds,  1017. 

Evacuated  posts,  211. 

Gas,  1056-1067. 

Horses- 
Private,  1101-1105. 
Public,  1072-1079. 

Horseshoeing,  1104. 

Inspections,  899,901,  904-908,1018,  1020. 

Property  accountability  (see  Property  Account- 
ability),  1092-1100. 

Private  horses  (see  Private  Horses) ,  1101-1105. 

Public  animals  (see  Public  Animals),  1072-1079. 

Purchases,  514-579. 

Regimental  quartermasters,  239,  240,  244-246. 

Rooms,  1041,  1051-1053. 

Scrubbing  brushes,  1191. 

Smiths'  tools,  1104. 

Stoves,  1043-1055. 

Straw,  1090, 1091. 

Telegraphing,  1194-1233. 

Telephoning,  1204. 

Transportation,  1107-1152. 

Veterinary  medicines,  1080-1082. 
Quartermaster  Sergeants: 

Post,  9,  93-102. 

Regimental,  9,  247. 
()uartermastor  Stores,  1092-1100. 

Accountability  for,  1092-1094,  1100. 

Certificates,  1098. 

Changes  of  station,  1097. 

Memorandum  receipts,  1095-1098. 

Responsibility,  1095-1038. 


290 


(Quartermaster  Stores— Continued. 

Temporary  absence,  1096. 
Quarters  (see  Barracks  and  Quarters): 

Absence,  1038-1040,  1042. 

Allotment  of,  1018,  1031-1042. 

Allowance,  1031-1042,  1051-1053. 

Assignment,  1032-1035. 

Behavior  in,  A.W.  55. 

Commutation  (see  Commutation  of  Quarters), 
1327-1335. 

Hiring,  1035,  1036. 

Lying  out  of,  A.  W.  31. 

Mess  rooms,  1041. 

Restrictions,  1035,  1038-1042. 

Right  to,  10E8. 

Selection,  1033. 

Veterinarians',  89. 
Quarrels: 

Suppression,  A.  W.  24. 
Quitting  Guard,  etc.,  A.  W.  40. 
Railway  Trains: 

Hospital,  1468. 
Bank: 

Commands  appropriate  to,  14. 

Definition,  7. 

Grades,  9. 

How  held,  8. 

Lineal,  9, 12. 

Lot  to  determine,  11. 

Militia,  10;  A.  W.  123. 

Precedence,  how  determined,  10, 11. 

Relative,  in  Army  and  Navy,  12. 

Volunteers,  10, 11. 
Rape: 

Assault  and  battery  with  attempt  to  commit, 
A.  W.  58. 

In  time  of  war,  A.  W.  58. 
Rations  (see  Commutation  of  Rations): 

Allowances,  1219, 1220. 

Candles,  1221,  1226,  1242. 

Civil  employees,  1219, 1233. 

Coffee,  1229. 

Components,  1221. 

Cost  of,  1228. 

Definition,  1218. 

Emergency,  1218, 1223. 

Field,  1218, 1221. 

Filipino,  1218, 1221. 

Fresh  meat,  1217, 1221, 1224. 

Garrison,  1218, 1221. 

Hospital,  1235,  1238. 

Issues,  1230-1241. 

Liquid  coffee,  1229. 

Marines,  1220. 

Matrons,  1219. 

Navy,  1220. 

Nurse  corps,  1219 

Nurses,  1219. 

Prisoners- 
General,  1219. 
Of  war,  1219. 

Salt  meat,  1224. 

Savings  (see  Savings  of  the  Ration),  1246-1248. 

Seamen  of  Navy,  1220. 

Transports,  1222. 

Travel,  1218,  1221,  3227. 

Troops,  1218. 

Vegetables,  1221, 1225. 


Razors,  1243. 

Strops,  1243. 
Reading  Rooms  (see  Post  Libraries),  337-346. 

Lights  for,  1056, 1057. 
Rear- Admiral: 

Relative  rank,  12. 
Rebellion: 

Suppression  of,  484. 
Receipts: 

Blank,  forbidden,  641,  674. 

Of  funds,  643,  644. 

Memorandum,  1095-1098. 

Small  sums  for  routine  services,  648. 
Reconnoissances : 

Command  and  direction  of,  20. 

Journals,  450. 

Maps,  449-453. 

Notes,  449-453. 
Records: 

Archives,  827,  828. 

Books,  208. 

Colored  inks  in,  829. 

Company,  271,  272. 

Courts-martial,  A.  W.  113. 

Destruction  of,  830. 

Discontinued  commands,  828. 

Disposition,  828. 

Information  from,  831. 

Inks  used  in,  829. 

Post,  208. 

Preservation,  827,  828. 

Previous  convictions,  961,  963,  970. 

Volunteers,  777. 

Regimental,  249,  250. 

Willful  destruction,  etc.,  830. 

Withdrawal,  830. 
Records  of  Courts-Martial: 

Authentication,  987. 

Copies,  926;  A.  W.  114. 

Correction,  991. 

Disposition,  924,  989,  990;  A.  W.  113. 

Errors,  991,  993. 

General  courts,  687-993. 

Inferior  courts,  987,  989,  990. 

Publication,  992. 

Review,  989. 

Revision,  991,  993. 

Signatures,  987. 

Summary  courts,  963-968.   - 

Typewritten,  988. 
Recruiting  Details,  849. 
Recruiting  Officers: 

Funds  in  personal  possession,  587. 
Recruiting  Parties: 

Appointments  of  noncommissioned  officers  in, 
852. 

Arm  of  service  of  members,  853. 

Reduction  of  noncommsssioned  officers  on,  854. 

Transfer  of  enlisted  men  to,  855. 
Recruiting  Service,  849-887. 

Commutation  of  rations,  587, 1250-1255. 

Conducted,  by  whom,  849. 

Conducted   through   Military  Secretary's  De 
partment,  777. 

Depots,  defined,  850. 

Details  for  duty  on,  849. 

Enlistments  (see  Enlistment) ,  856-871. 

Funds,  587. 


INDEX. 


291 


Recruiting  Service— Continued. 

Instruction  of  recruits,  851. 

Medical  attendance,  1510, 1511. 

Medical  examination.    (See  Medical  Examina- 
tion of  Recruits.) 

Noncommissioned  officers  on,  852, 854, 855. 

Parties,  852-855. 

Physical  examination.     (See  Medical  Examina- 
tion of  Recruits.") 

Recruiting  depots,  850-855. 

Recruiting  party,  852, 853. 

Recruits  sent  to  organizations,  882-887. 

Returns,  866. 

Returns,  trimonthly,  851. 

Stations,  850-855. 

Stations,  defined,  850. 
Recruits: 

Age,  856,858,859. 

Applications  to  enlist,  856-872. 

Assignments,  882. 

Articles  of  War  read  to,  865. 

Citizenship,  858. 

Consent  of  parents,  859, 862. 

Contract,  864. 

Declaration,  862. 

Disqualification,  868. 

Enlistment,  856-872. 

Examination.    (See   Medical    Examination  of 
Recruits.) 

False  representations,  863. 

Guardian,  consent,  859-862. 

Hospital  Corps,  1438, 1439. 

Laundry  work  for,  1179. 

Married  men,  861. 

Medical  inspection.    (See  Medical  Examination 
of  Recruits. ) 

Minor,  859, 862. 

Oath,  864. 

Ordnance,  issues  to,  1564. 

Parental  consent,  859, 862. 

Physical  examination.    (See  Medical  Examina- 
tion of  Recruits.) 

Probation,  857. 

Prohibition  to  enlist,  858. 

Qualifications,  856-858, 870. 

Sent  to  organizations,  882, 887. 

Unfit  for  service,  860,877,878. 
Ked  Cross: 

Flag,  221. 
Redress  of  Wrongs: 

Commissioned  officers,  A.  W.  29. 

Enlisted  men,  A.  W.  30. 
Reduction: 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  102. 
Reenllstment,  869-872. 

Pay,  1366-1369. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  101. 
Refusal  to  Receive  Prisoner,  A.  W.  67. 
Regimental  Adjutant.      (See  Adjutants  of  Regi- 
ments.) 

Regimental  Bands  (see  Bands),  251-255. 
Regimental  Commander: 

Battle  reports,  822. 

Command,  235. 

Duties,  236,  239,  247. 

Headquarters,  235. 

Inspection,  236. 

Noncommissioned  staff,  247. 


Regimental  Commander— Continued. 

Records,  249,  250. 

Staff,  239-246. 

Station,  235. 

Transfer  of  officers,  48. 
Regimental  Commissary: 

Appointment,  239,  240. 

Duties,  244-246. 

Eligibility,  239,  240. 

Term  of  office,  240. 
Regimental  Courts,  A.W.81. 

Jurisdiction,  32,  A.  W.  83. 
Regimental  Field  Officers,  238. 
Regimental  Funds,  321. 

Custodian,  321. 

Deposits,  320. 

Expenditures,  318,  321. 

Purchases,  318,  319. 

Record  of,  321. 

Restrictions  on  expenditure,  318,  319. 

Sources  of,  321. 

Transportation  for  purchases  from,  346,  1151. 
Regimental  Noncommissioned  Staff: 

Allowances,  1051. 

Appointment,  247. 

Color-sergeants,  247. 

Commissary-sergeants,  247. 

Quartermaster-sergeants,  247. 

Rank,  9. 

Reduction,  247. 

Warrants,  247. 
Regimental  Quartermaster: 

Appointment,  239,  240. 

Duties,  244-246,  253. 

Eligibility,  239,  240. 

Term  of  office,  240. 

Regimental  Quartermaster-Sergeants,  9,  247. 
Regimental  Records,  249,  250. 
Regimental  Staff,  239-247. 
Regiments: 

Adjutant,  239-244,  246. 

Administration  unit,  235. 

Bands,  251-255. 

Battalions,  15,  235. 

Battle  reports,  822. 

Chaplains  of.    (See  Chaplains.) 

Colors,  222-231. 

Commander,  235,  236. 

Commissary,  239-241,  244-246. 

Composition,  235. 

Definition,  235. 

Field  officers,  238. 

Headquarters,  235. 

Instruction,  236,  237. 

Marking  of  property,  248. 

Noncommissioned  staff,  247. 

Organization,  235. 

Precedence,  6. 

Property,  248. 

Quartermaster,  239-241,  244-246. 

Records,  249,  250.  . 

Recruits  sent  to,  882-887. 

Regulations  for,  apply  to  battalions,  when,  235. 

Staff,  239-247. 
Regular  Army: 

Precedence  in,  10, 11. 
Regulations: 

Blank  forms,  1603. 


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INDEX. 


Reigning  Sovereigns: 

Honors  to,  380. 
Salutes  to,  404. 
Relative  Rank: 

Army  and  Navy,  12. 

Militia  officers,  10. 

Volunteer  officers,  11. 
Release  of  Prisoners,  A.  W.  69. 
Remains: 

Commissioned  officers,  87. 

Enlisted  men,  165. 
Removal  of  Trespassers,  209. 
Renewal  of  Bonds,  565. 
Repairs: 

Buildings,  204,  205,  711,  1018-1027. 

Property,  679. 

Service  colors,  231. 
Reporters  for  Courts-Martial: 

Employment,  994-996. 

Pay,  995,  997. 

Restriction  on,  996. 

Reports  (see  Commanding  Officers;  Company  Com- 
manders): 

Apprehended  deserters,  116-124. 

Arrival  of  recruits,  885. 

Artillery  practice,  311. 

Battles,  engagements,  etc.,  822-825. 

Burials,  post  cemeteries,  497. 

Captured  property,  826. 

Casualties,  824,825. 

Channels,  790. 

Chaplain's,  45. 

Death  of  officers,  83. 

Departmental  affairs,  191. 

Department  commanders  absent,  193. 

Deserters,  117, 118, 122. 

Efficiency,  838-842. 

Engineering  operations  in  the  field,  1530. 

Enlisted  men  confined,  A.  \V.  68. 

Enlistment  of  former  soldier,  869. 

Examination  of  recruits,  881. 

Hunting,  65, 66. 

Indian  scouts,  names  of,  inserted,  482. 

Inspection,  902,904-908. 

Inspections,  department  commanders,  191. 

Medical  Department,  1516. 

Morning,  of  companies,  271,378. 

Movements  of  troops,  emergencies,  190, 486. 

Officers  on  leave,  57, 62, 64-67, 832-836. 

Officers  visiting  foreign  countries,  62. 

Oral  agreements,  supplies  and  services,  552. 

Ordnance,  1580. 

Outstanding  liabilities,  606. 

Personal,   57,  64,  65,  97, 100, 135,  832-837,  890, 1434, 
1590. 

Post  cemeteries,  497. 

Post  commanders,  inspection,  200. 

Post  exchanges,  351. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  100. 

Recruit  detachments,  851. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  135, 137. 

Sick  leave,  57. 

Roll  call,  375. 

Service,  831. 

Superintendents,  national  cemeteries,  489. 

Transfer  of  officers,  48. 

Travel  under  orders,  68. 


Reproachful  Speeches,  A.  W.  25. 

Request  for  Transportation,  1116,  1117,  1122-1131. 

Requisitions  : 

Preparation,  751,  752. 

Supervision,  751,  752. 
Reservations : 

Embellishment,  210. 

Removal  of  trespassers,  209. 

Supervision,  209. 
Resignations,  79-82. 

Acceptance,  79-82. 

How  forwarded,  79. 

Immediate,  81. 

Leaves  of  absence  before  acceptance,  81. 

Pay  on,  1289,  1290. 

Quitting  post  on  tender  of,  A.  W.  49. 

Tenders  of,  79,  80;  A.  W.  49. 

Unconditional,  81. 

Under  charges,  80. 
Respect  to  Superiors,  4. 
Responsible  Officer  (see  Property),  661,  662,  1092- 

1098. 
Responsibility: 

Property,  661,  662,  1092-1098. 
Restoration  to  Duty : 

Deserters,  130. 

Retainers  to  Camp,  A.  W.  63. 
Retired  Enlisted  Men: 

Allowances,  136. 

Deductions,  136. 

Descriptive  lists,  134, 137. 

Double  service,  133. 

Final  statements,  134. 

Medical  attendance,  1501. 

Pay,  136. 

Reports,  135. 

Service,  computation  of,  133. 
Retired  Officers: 

Change  of  address,  836. 

College  details,  42. 

Monthly  reports  of,  836. 

Pay,  1291. 

Retirement,  76-78. 

Stationery,  1070. 
Retired  Pay: 

Commissioned  officers,  1291. 

Enlisted  men,  136. 
Retiring  Boards,  76-78. 
Retirement  of  Officers,  76-78. 

Causes,  76,  77. 

Reports  concerning,  76,  77. 

Retiring  boards,  76-78. 
Retreat: 

Retiring  to  quarters  at,  A.  W.  35. 

Roll  call,  375,  377. 
Returns  of  General  Prisoners,  944. 
Returns  of  Property  and  Funds  (see  Returns  oj 
Public  Property) : 

Blank  forms,  1603. 

Captured  property,  826. 

Contingent  iunds,  197. 

False,  A.W.  8. 

Ordnance,  1540. 

Promptly  forwarded,  751. 

Troops,  817-826. 
Returns  of  Public  Property: 

All  public  property,  697. 


INDEX. 


293 


Returns  of  Public  Property— Continued. 

Blanks  for,  1603. 

Captured,  826. 

Commanding  officers  supervise,  751. 

Contingent  funds,  2. 
-    Failure  to  render,  704. 

False,  A.  W.  8. 

How  rendered,  705. 

Ordnance,  1540,  1580. 

Promptly  forwarded,  704,  751. 
Returns  of  Troops  (see  Commanding  Officers;  Com- 
pany Commanders'): 

Army  Corps,  817. 

Brigades,  817. 

Campaign,  in,  821. 

Casuals  on  transport,  818. 

Casualties,  825. 

Changes  in  strength,  820. 

Companies,  817,  818. 

Detachments,  8*7,  818. 

Divisions,  816,  817. 

Effective  strength,  821. 

Embarking  or  disembarking,  818. 

Field  officer,  through,  819. 

Forms  for,  817. 

Monthly,  816,  817. 

Organized  militia,  189* 

Recruiting  service,  851,  856. 

Regiments,  817,  818. 

Station,  leaving  or  joining,  818. 

Unattached  on  transport,  818. 

Wounded,  824. 
Reveille: 

Gun,  207. 

Roll  call,  375. 

Reports,  375. 
Reviews,  443. 

Chaplain's,  attendance,  46. 

Civil  functionary,  407. 

General  officer,  407. 
Review  ing  Authority,  A.  W.  104-111. 
Review  of  Proceedings,  964,  965,  989. 
Rewards: 

Deserters,  119, 125, 126, 130. 

Prisoners,  127. 

Property,  695, 696. 
Rifle.     (See  Ordnance  Stores.) 
Robbery: 

In  time  of  war,  A.  W.  58. 
Roll  Calls,  375. 

Hours  of,  378. 

Reports,  377,  378. 
Rolls,  812-815. 
Rooms: 

Allowance,  1051. 
Roster: 

Batteries,  368. 

Classes  of  duties,  361. 

Commissioned  officer,  362-365. 

Definition,  359. 

Details,  359, 360,  364-367. 

How  kept,  359-367. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  363. 

Signal  Corps,  369. 
Rosters  of  Troops : 

Distribution,  810. 
Routes  of  Travel,  68,  1307,  1310,  1315. 


Royal  Families,  Members  of: 

Honors  to,  404. 

Salutes  to,  404. 
Rubber: 

Pieces  of,  for  desks,  1069. 
Rulers,  1069. 
Sabbath: 

Observance  of,  202. 
Saddlers: 

Appointment,  266,  269. 

Extra-duty  pay,  171. 

Reduction,  267. 
Safeguard: 

Forcing,  A.  W.  57. 
Sales: 

Condemned  property,  684. 

Fuel,  1043-1048. 

Illuminating  supplies,  1060,1061,  1063-1065. 

Ordnance,  1549, 1550,  1555. 

Proceeds,  618-620. 

Savings,  1049,  1062,  1246. 

Waste  products,  683. 
Sales  of  Subsistence: 

Abstracts,  1277. 

Accounts,  1265-1277. 

Bakeries,  1267. 

Civilian  employees,  1271. 

Commissioned  officers,  1265,  1266,  1268-1270. 

Companies,  1267. 

Credit,  1266,  1268,  1275,  1276. 

Designation  of  articles  for,  895. 

Enlisted  men,  1267,  1268,  1270,  1274,  1275. 
•  Families,  1265, 1274. 

Hospitals,  1267. 

Nurses,  1265. 

Price  lists,  1278." 

Prices,  1278. 

Rates,  1278. 

Regulation,  1273. 

Restrictions,  1273. 

Weights,  1272. 
Sales  to  Enlisted  Men: 

Fuel,  1045, 

Subsistence,  1274. 
Sales  to  Officers: 

Fuel,  1043,  1044,  1046,  1048. 

Horses,  1101. 

Quartermaster  stores,  1043, 1060,  1088. 

Subsistence  stores,  1265-1278. 
Salt: 

Extra  issues,  1242. 
Salutes: 

Armed,  386,  387,  389,  390,  392,  393. 

By  commissioned  officers,  382,  383,  385-387,  3%. 

By  enlisted  men,  382-395. 

Cannon.    (See Salutes ivith  Cannon.) 

Commanding  officer,  385,  396. 

Dismounted,  386,  388,  395. 

Indoors,  387,  393,  395. 

Militia,  381,  395,  406. 

Mounted,  386,  388. 

Naval  officers,  381,  395. 

To  officers,  380,  381,  385-395. 

Troops,  380-385. 

Under  arms,  386-395. 

Working  parties,  391. 

Volunteers,  381,  395,  406. 


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INDEX. 


Salutes  with  Cannon: 

Ambassadors,  404. 

Assistant  Secretary  of  War,  404. 

Brevet  rank,  405. 

Brigadier-general,  404. 

Charges  d'affaires,  404. 

Chief  magistrates,  404. 

Congressional  committee,  404. 

Consul-general,  404. 

Envoys,  404. 

Fired,  when,  401-405,  415. 

Firing,  rules  for,  397-399. 

Flag,  382,  402,  403. 

General,  404. 

General  officers,  404,  405. 

Governor,  404. 

Governor-general,  404. 

Guns  to  be  used,  397-399. 

House  of  Representatives,  Speaker,  404. 

Lieutenant-general,  404. 

Major-general,  404. 

Ministers,  404. 

National,  402,  403. 

National  flag,  402,  403. 

Naval  officers,  406. 

President,  404. 

President  of  Senate,  404. 

Rapidity  of  fire,  398. 

Restrictions  on,  403,  405. 

Retired  officers,  405. 

Royal  family,  404. 

Saluting  stations,  403. 

Salvos,  400. 

Senate,  President  of,  404. 

Ships  of  war,  403,  415. 

Sovereign,  404. 

Speaker,  House  of  Representatives,  404. 

Supervision,  397. 

Union,  402. 

When  fired,  401-405,  415. 

Vessels  of  war,  403,  414-416. 

Vice-President,  404. 
Saluting  Stations,  403. 
Savings: 

Fuel,  disposition,  1049. 
Savings  of  the  Ration.  1246-1248. 

Articles  excepted,  1246. 

Bakery,  1246-1248. 

Companies,  1246-1248. 

Disposition,  1246. 

Hospital,  1246-1248. 

Payment  for,  1246-1248. 

Purchase  of,  1246-1248. 

Rates,  1246. 

Transports,  1222. 
Schools,  454. 

Artillery,  454. 

Cavalry  and  field  artillery,  454. 

Engineer,  454. 

Medical,  454. 

Submarine  defense,  454. 

Post,  454. 
School-Teachers: 

Extra-duty  pay,  168. 
Scissors,  1243. 

Scouts  (see  Indian  Scouts] ,  478-482, 
Seamen : 

Issues  of  rations  to,  1220. 


Sea  Travel,  1308,  1406. 
Second  in  Command,  A.  W.  125. 
Second  Lieutenant.     (See  Commissioned  Officers.) 
Seconds  in  Duels,  A.  W.  27. 
Second  Trials,  A.  W.  102. 
Secretary  of  War: 

Advertising.     (See  Advertisements.) 
Animals,  purchase  of,  1072. 
Appoints — 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  93. 

Sergeants,  first  class,  Hospital  Corps,  1432. 

Sergeants,  Hospital  Corps,  1432. 

Veterinarians,  88. 
Army  transport  service,  1115. 
Articles  for  sales,  895. 
Authority  of,  764. 
Bonds.    (See  Bonds.) 
Buildings,  expenditures  on,  711. 
Certificates  of  merit,  181. 
Certificates  of  service,  149. 
Changes  of  station,  civilian  employees,  731, 742. 
Character  on  discharges,  146. 
Chief  of  Artillery,  294. 

Civilian  employees.     (See  Civilian  Employees.) 
Clemency,  general  prisoners,  950. 
Clerks  and  messengers,  731. 
Colors,  218.  * 

Colors,  new,  231. 

Flag,  216. 
Communications  to,  787. 

Trivial,  794. 

Commutation  of  quarters,  1330. 
Confinement,  places  of,  943. 
Contingent  funds,  197. 
Designation  of  posts  for  confinement,  943. 
Discharge  of  enlisted  men,  138. 
Distance  tables,  1310. 
Draft  animals,  1107, 1108. 
Duties  of,  743,  764. 
Engineer  Corps,  1522,  1523. 
Escort,  419. 

Experimental  tests,  attendance,  1585-1587. 
Extra  pay  for  higher  command,  1294. 
Flag,  216. 

Funeral  honors,  421,  429. 
Hiring  quarters,  1035. 
Honors,  381. 

Horses,  sales  to  officers,  1101. 
Hospitals,  1492. 
Indian  reservations,  introduction  of  liquor,  470, 

471. 

Indians,  purchases  from,  477. 
Insane,  Government  Hospital  for,  465. 
Inspections,  892, 899, 900, 914, 915, 920. 
Inspectors,  889. 
Job  printing,  509-513. 
Manuals  of  staff  departments,  1602. 
Medals  of  honor,  180. 
Medical  boards,  1415. 
Medical  Department,  1413. 
Messages  on  military  lines,  1591. 
Mounted  pay,  1299, 1301. 
Offices,  renting,  1052. 
Opinions,  Judge- Advocate-General,  793. 
Ordnance  Department,  1540. 
Ordnance  depots,  1544. 
Ordnance  sales,  1573. 
Pay  of  Army,  1280. 


INDEX. 


•295 


Secretary  of  War— Continued. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  93-102. 

Printing,  510. 
Contracts  for,  512. 

Property  accountability,  1092-1098. 
Delinquent  officers,  1098. 

Property  returns,  706,  707. 

Purchases,  reports  of,  552. 

Recruiting  service,  777, 849-887. 

Eecruits — 
Assignment,  882. 
Enlistment,  856-865, 

Reports  of  purchases,  552. 

Reservations,  209. 

Sales  of  ordnance,  1573. 

Salutes,  401. 

Signal  Corps,  1588. 

Staff  of  departments,  195. 

Staff  officers- 
Assignment,  716. 
Changes  of  station,  745. 

Stoppages,  1336-1339. 

Subsistence  of  Army,  1205. 

Sureties,  566,  573-579. 

Tests  of  ordnance,  attendance,  1585-1587 

Telegraph  lines,  1591. 

Transfers  of  officers,  48. 

Trials  of  ordnance,  1585-1587. 

Trivial  communications,  794. 

Veterinarians,  88. 

Visits,  410. 

Visits  to  fortifications,  353,  354. 

Visits  to  Washington  to  settle  accounts,  74. 
Sedition,  A.  W.  20. 

Repression,  A.  W.  23. 
Seeds: 

Posts,  210. 

Post  gardens,  348. 

Reservations,  210. 
Selection  of  quarters,  1033. 
Senate,  President  of: 

Honors  to,  381. 

Salutes  to,  401. 
Senior  Engineer  Officer  with  Command: 

Attached  to  headquarters,  1526. 

Duties  of,  1526, 1530. 

Journals  and  plans,  1531. 

Member  of  staff,  1526. 

Monthly  reports  of,  1530. 

Orders  received  by,  1526. 
Senior  Signal  Officer  with  Command: 

Commands  signal  parties,  1590. 

Duties  of,  1590,  1593  (6). 

Orders  transmitted  through,  1590. 

Reports,  1590. 
Sentences: 

Approval,  964,  965;  A.  W.  104-111. 

Branding,  A.  W.  98. 

Commencement,  977,  978. 

Confinement,  973-980. 

Cumulative,  981. 

Death,  A.W.96. 

Discretionary,  971. 

Dishonorable  discharge,  982,  983. 

Dismissal,  A.  W.  99. 

Excess  of  limit,  976. 

Flogging,  A.  W.  98. 


Sentences— Continued. 

Forfeitures,  976,  978,  &80,  984-986. 

Guard  duty,  forbidden,  972. 

Illegal,  982;  A.  W.  98. 

Imprisonment,  973,  974,  975;  A.  W.  97. 

Limits  of,  971,  975. 

Penitentiary,  973,  974,  975;  A.  W.  97. 

Publication,  978,  992;  A.  W.  100. 

Sleeping  on  post,  A.  W.  39. 

Suspension,  A.  W.  111. 

Tattooing,  A.  W.  98. 

When  operative,  977,  978. 
Separate  Brigade: 

Commander  as  convening  authority    ^.W.  13. 

Courts-martial  in,  A.  W.  73. 

Discontinued,  records  of,  828. 
Sequoia  National  Park: 

Removal  of  trespassers,  484. 
Sergeants-major: 

Appointment,  247. 

Artillery  corps,  306. 

Rank,  9. 

Reduction,  247. 

Regimental,  247. 

Warrants,  247. 
Sergeants: 

Appointment,  262,  264,  266. 

Artillery  Corps,  306. 

Rank,  9. 

Reduction,  267. 

Selection,  265. 

Warrants,  265. 

Sergeants,  First  Class,  Hospital  Corps  (see  Hos- 
pital Corps) : 

Appointment,  1432. 

Discharge,  1435. 

Enlistment,  1431,  1438. 

Examination,  1432. 

Qualifications,  1432. 

Rank,  9. 

Reduction,  1435. 

Reenlistment,  1433. 

Reports,  1434. 

Warrants,  1432. 
Servants: 

Officers',  sales  of  clothing  to,  1185. 

Not  to  wear  uniform,  1185. 
Service  Colors.  (See  Colors.} 
Service  of  Hospitals: 

Arms,  etc.,  1478. 

Assignments  in,  1476. 

Charges,  1488. 

Civilian  employees,  1485, 1486. 

Civilians,  1487. 

Descriptive  lists,  1479. 

Discharged  soldiers,  1480,  1481. 

Funds,  1489. 

Gratuitous  issues,  1483. 

Library,  1490. 

Management,  1475. 

Matrons,  1476,  1477. 

Property,  1484. 

Publications,  medical,  1490. 
Service  not  Personal: 

Procurement  of,  518. 
Service,  Personal: 

Defined  518. 


296 


INDEX. 


Service  Schools,  454. 
Service: 

Statements  of,  961. 
Settlement  with  Heirs,  656. 
Shelters: 

Small-arms  practice,  357. 
Ships  of  War: 

Salutes,  403,  415. 

Visits,  411,  413,  416. 
Shoeing  Animals,  1104. 
Shoes: 

Horse  and  mule,  1104. 
Short  Receipts,  A.  W.60. 
Sick: 

Subsistence  for,  1232-1238. 
Sick  Call,  1498. 
Sick  Certificates,  57. 
Sick  Leaves  (see  Leaves  of  Absence): 

Applications  for,  57. 

Authority  to  grant  (see  Leaves  of  Absence). 

Certificate  of  surgeon,  57. 

Commencement,  58. 

Expiration,  58. 

Medical  certificates,  57. 

Report  of  officer  on,  64. 
Sickness: 

Certificates  of,  57. 

Leave  on  account  of,  57,  58. 
Signal  Codes: 

Army  and  Navy,  1594, 1596. 

Signal  Corps  (see  Chief  Signal  Officer;  Staff  Admin- 
istration): 

Chief  Signal  Officer.    (See  Chief  Signal  Officer. ) 

Codes,  1588, 1&94, 15%. 

Clothing,  1165. 

Command  of  officers,  18, 1590. 

Duties,  743, 1588, 1590-1593. 

Employees  of,  1600. 

Enlisted  men,  1589. 

Instruction,  1588,1594 

Issues  to,  1599. 

Messages,  1592, 1593. 

Regulations  for,  1588  (note). 

Supplies,  1599. 

Telegraph  lines,  1591-1595. 

Telephones,  1588. 

Telescopes,  etc.,  1598. 
Signal  Sergeant: 

Rank,  9. 
Signatures: 

Communications,  784. 
Sleepers,  1134-1140. 
Sleeping  Cars,  1134-1140. 
Sleeping  on  Post,  A.  \V.  39. 
Small- Arms  Practice: 

Allowances,  356. 

Expenditure  of  ammunition,  356 

Flags,  357. 

Flour,  357. 

Hunting,  358. 

Regulation,  355. 

Shelters,  357. 

Streamers,  357. 

Targets,  357. 
Smiths' Tools,  1104. 
Soap: 

Issue  for  prisoners,  1243 

Shaving,  1243. 


Soldiers.     (See    Commissioned    Officers;   Enlisted 

Men.) 
Soldiers' Home: 

Admissions,  176-179. 

Deductions  for,  1397. 

Service  for  entrance,  176. 

Transportation  to,  178. 
Southern  Pacific  Railroad: 

Transportation  by,  484. 
Sovereigns,  Reigning: 

Honors  to,  404. 

Salutes  to,  404. 
Speaker  of  House  of  Representatives: 

Honors  to,  381. 

Salutes  to,  404. 
Special  Diet: 

Sick  and  convalescents,  1235. 
Special  Orders,  796-811. 

Contents,  796,  798,  799. 

Copies  to  Military  Secretary,  810,811. 

Distribution,  807,  808. 

Execution,  801. 
Special  Passports,  63. 
Specifications  (see  Charges  and  Spec/tfcatams),  960- 

964. 

Spoliation  of  Records,  830. 
Spies: 

Punishment  of,  sec.  1343,  R.  S.  (p.  242) . 
Spring  Wagons  at  Posts: 

Allowance,  1109. 
Squadrons  (see  Battalions),  15. 

Battle  reports,  822. 
Squads,  275. 
Stables: 

Lanterns,  1058. 
Staff: 

Appointments,  1296,  1297. 

Boards  in,  747. 

Changes  of  station,  745,  746. 

Department,  195. 

Details  to,  38,  39. 

Efficiency  reports,  838-842. 

Orders  for  travel,  72. 

Post,  203. 

Promotions  in,  24. 

Regimental,  239-246. 
Staff  Administration: 

Assignments  of  officers  and  noncommissioned 
officers,  746. 

Boards,  747. 

Bonds,  565-579. 

Changes  of  station,  745,  746. 

Channels  of  communication,  748,  788. 

Control  of  staff  officers,  749. 

Convening  boards,  747. 

Correspondence,  748. 

Estimates,  751-754. 

Expenditures,  743, 754. 

Money  accountability,  580-660. 

Pay  of  Army,  743. 

Property,  accountability,  661-729. 

Purchases,  514-564. 

Recruitment,  743. 

Reports,  750. 

Stations  of  officers,  745, 746. 

Supervision  of  estimates,  751-754 

Supply,  743. 


INDEX. 


297 


Staff  Appointments,  38-41. 

Pay,  1296,1297. 
Staff  Departments: 

Administration,  743-754. 

Details  in,  38-41. 

Engin-ers,  1522-1539. 

Inspector-General's,  888-921. 

Judge-Advocate-General's.  922-1008. 

Medical,  1413-1521. 

Military  Secretary's,  777. 

Ordnance,  1540-1587. 

Pay,  1280-1412. 

Quartermaster's  1009-1204. 

Signal,  1588-1600. 

Subsistence,  1205-1279. 
Staff  Details,  38-41. 

Term,  2.40. 
Staff  Officers: 

Appointment,  38-41. 

Assignments  to  command,  18. 

Command,  18. 

Details,  38-41,240. 

Efficiency,  reports,  838-842. 
Staff  Officers  of  a  Command: 

Submit  to  commanding  officer  for  revision  and 
approval  estimates,  and  requisitions  for  sup- 
plies, money  and  property,  752. 
Standing  Mute,  A.  W.  89. 
"Star  Spangled  Banner:" 

Playing,  as  part  of  medley  prohibited,  255. 

Respect  to,  383. 
State  Department: 

Passports,  63. 
Stated  Inspections,  443. 
Stated  Musters,  442,  443. 
Stated  Reviews,  443. 
Statements  of  Service,  961. 
Stationery: 

Allowance  of,  1069-1071. 

Approval  for  issue,  1068. 

Company  commander,  1069. 

Desks,  1069. 

Offices,  1069. 

Post  noncommissioned  staff,  1071. 

Retired  officers,  1070. 
Statute  of  Limitation: 

General,  A.  W.  103. 

In  desertion,  A.  W.  103. 
Steamers: 

Hospital,  1468. 
Steam  Heating.    (See  Fuel.) 
Steel  Erasers,  1069. 
Stenographers,  994,  995. 
Stoppage  Circular,  1338. 
Stoppages  of  Pay,  Enlisted  Men: 

Arrest  or  confinement,  1399. 

Deduction  for  Soldiers'  Home,  1397. 

Loss  or  destruction  of  property,  689,  690,  727. 

Order  of  precedence  of,  1398. 

Quartermasters'  property,  1398. 
Stoppages  of  Pay,  Officers: 

By  whom  directed,  1336,  1337. 

Cause,  1336,  1337. 

Circulars,  1338. 

Explanations,  1336. 

Notification,  1336. 

Order  of  payment,  1398. 


Stoppage  of  Pay,  Officers— Continued. 
Overpayments,  1339. 
Payments  during,  1338. 

Refundments,  1336. 
Stores: 

Captured,  A.  W.  9. 

Loss  or  damage,  A.  W.  15. 
Stoves: 

Allowance  of,  1051-1053. 

Not  issued  to  officers  receiving  commutation, 

1054. 
Straw: 

Allowance,  1091. 
Subpoenas: 

By  whom  served,  956. 

How  served,  957. 

Witnesses,  956-958. 
Subsistence  Department: 

Army  transports,  1222. 

Articles  for  sale,  895,  1205. 

Blank  forms,  1279. 

Care  of  supplies,  1209-1216. 

Coffee,  liquid,  1229. 

Designation  of  articles  for  sale,  895. 

Duties,  1205-1208. 

Forms,  blank,  1279. 

Funds  in  personal  possession,  588. 

Indians,  issues  to,  475,  476. 

Inspections,  899,  901,  904-921. 

Issues— 

Of  rations,  1230-1241. 
Of  stores  to  Indians,  475,  476. 

Purchases,  1206-1208. 

Purchasing  commissaries,  1206. 

Regimental  commissaries,  239,  240,  244-246. 

Requisition,  1208. 

Retired  enlisted  men. 

Storehouses,  1215, 1216. 

Supplies,  1208. 

Transfers,  1214. 

Vegetables,  1221,1225. 
Subsistence  Supplies: 

Articles  for  sale,  895, 1205. 

Beef  cattle,  1217. 

Care,  1211-1216. 

Comprise  what,  1209. 

Definition,  1209. 

Designation  of  articles  for  sale,  895. 

Destitute  persons,  1245. 

Disposition,  1212. 

Estimates,  1208. 

Excess  stores,  1210, 1212. 

Fresh  meat,  1217. 

General  prisoners,  1243. 

Gratuitous  issues  and  transfers,  1213. 

Issues,  1210, 1211, 1213, 1221-1245. 

Organized  militia,  1234. 

Property,  1209. 

Purchases,  1206-1208, 1246-1248. 

Recruits,  1244. 

Requisitions,  1208. 

Storehouses,  1215, 1216. 

Stores,  1209. 

Subsistence  property,  1209. 

Subsistence  stores,  1209. 

Transfers,  1213, 1214. 
Succession  to  Command,  A.  W.  15, 16, 122. 


298 


INDEX. 


Summary  Courts: 

Accused,  940,  962-966. 

Approval,  964,  965. 

Consent  to  trial  by,  962. 

Copies  of  record,  964. 

Delays,  967. 

Evidence,  964. 

Findings,  964. 

Hours  of  sitting,  967. 

Jurisdiction,  962,  964,  966,  968;  A.W.  80,  83. 

Objections  to  trial  by,  964,  966. 

Post  commander,  962-965. 

Previous  convictions,  963,  964,  970.  » 

Procedure,  962-967. 

Punishments,  971-973. 

Record,  964,  965. 

Review,  962,  964. 

Sentences,  962,  964,  971,  972. 
Summons: 

Witnesses,  956-959. 
Sunday: 

Observance  of,  202. 
Sunset  Gun,  207. 
Superior: 

Orders  for  expenditure,  657. 
Superior  Officer: 

Orders  for  expenditures,  659,  701. 
Superiors: 

Abusive  language  by,  3. 

Capricious  conduct,  3. 

Courtesy  toward,  4. 

Exercise  of  authority  by,  2. 

Injuries  to  inferiors,  3. 

Obedience  to,  1. 

Respect  to,  4. 

Tyrannical  conduct  of,  3. 
Superintendent  of  Military  Academy: 

Efficiency  reports,  838. 
Supplies: 

Marking,  664. 

Purchases,  514-552. 
Supply  Departments: 

Advertising,  498-508. 

Bonds,  565-579. 

Money  accountability,  580-660. 

Property  accountability,  661-729. 

Purchases,  514-579. 
Surgeon. General: 

Contract  surgeons,  1417-1421. 

Dental  surgeons,  1422-1430. 

Hospital  Corps,  1431-1466. 

Hospitals,  1467-1497. 

Matrons,  1477. 
Surgeon,  The: 

Alterations  and  additions   to  hospitals,  1493, 
1495. 

Appoints  matrons,  1476. 

Assigns  duties  to  assistants,  1476. 

Assigns  duties  to  members  Hospital  Corps,  1453, 
1476. 

Certificates  for  sick  leave,  57. 

Certificates  for  disability,  157-159. 

Detachment  records,  1444. 

Duties  of,  57,  157-159,  1414,  1444,  1449,  1475,  1476, 
1489,  1494,  1495. 

Hospital  fund,  1489. 

Inspects  buildings  monthly,  1414. 


Surgeon,  The — Continued. 

Inspects  detachment  weekly,  1475. 

Inspects  hospital  daily,  1475. 

Member  of  staff,  203. 

Monthly  sanitary  report,  1414. 

Quarters,  sergeants,  first-class,  1494,  14£5. 
1  Supervises  instruction  of  detachment,  1449. 
Surrender: 

Compelling,  A.  W.  43. 

Of  offenders,  A.  W.  59. 
Surveying  Expeditions: 

Loans  of  property,  676. 
Surveying  Officer  (see  Surveys  on  Property): 

Action  on  report,  719-727. 

Acts  when,  114,  682,  690,  691,  713,  718. 

Affidavits,  716. 

Appointment  of,  714,  726. 

Approval  of  report,  719,  721-727. 

Blanks  for   reports.    (See  Blanks  and   Blank 
Books.) 

Civilians,  held  responsible,  724. 

Common  carriers  held  responsible,  724. 

Desertion,  case  of,  114. 

Disinterested,  must  be,  713,  714. 

Duty  of,  715,  717-719. 

Evidence,  716. 

Inspections,  728. 

Investigation  of,  715. 

Oaths  administered  by,  717. 

Powers  of,  718. 

Report  of,  719-728. 
Surveys  on  Property  (see  Surveying  Officer): 

Action  of  surveying  officer  required,  713. 

Animals  killed  as  result  of,  720. 

Appointment  of  officer,  714. 

Approval  of  report,  714,  721-723. 

Authority  of  surveying  officer,  718. 

Chiefs  of  bureaus,  724,  726. 

Collections  from  civilians,  result  of,  724. 

Commanding  officer- 
Acts  on  report,  714,  721. 
Appoints  surveying  officer,  714. 

Damaged  property,  713,  718. 

Deficient  property,  718. 

Department  commander,  721,  722. 

Desertion,  114. 

Duty  of  surveying  officer,  715,  717,  718. 

Embezzlement,  715. 

Evidence,  715-717. 

Oaths,  715,  717. 

Previously  acted  upon,  714. 

Property  destroyed,  as  result  of,  720. 

Relief  of  officers  and  enlisted  men,  723. 

Reports  of,  719,  723,  725. 

Review,  722. 

Stoppage  against  enlisted  men,  727. 

Theft,  715. 

Value  of  property,  722. 

Vouchers,  725. 
Suspension: 

Of  sentence,  A.  W.  101. 

As  officer,  A.W.  111. 
Tables,  278. 

Tables  of  Distances,  1310. 
Tableware : 

Breakage,  1188. 

Care,  292, 1187, 1188. 


INDEX. 


299 


Tableware — Continued. 

Charges  for,  1188. 

Estimates,  292,1187,1188. 
Tailors : 

Altering  clothing,  270. 
Taps,  375. 
Target  Practice  ( see  Small-Arms  Practice) ,  355-358. 

Flour  for,  1242. 
Targets : 

Small-arms  practice,  357. 
Tattoo,  375. 
Tattooing : 

Punishment,  A.  W.  98. 
Teachers : 

Extra-duty  pay,  168. 
Teamsters : 

Extra-duty  pay,  168. 
Telegrams : 

Copies  to  follow  by  mail,  778. 

Delivery  of,  1203. 

Forms  for,  1200. 

Special  delivery,  1203. 

Payments  for,  1196-1202. 
Telegraph  Books,  1200. 
Telegraphic  Code,  1195. 
Telegraph  Lines : 

Construction,  1588, 1591. 

Control,  1591. 

Dispatches,  1593. 

Messages,  1592,1593. 

Press  dispatches,  1593. 
Telegraphing: 

Accounts,  1196. 

Books  for,  1200. 

Code,  1195. 

Collect  messages,  1202. 

Framing  messages,  1194, 1198. 

Official  forms,  1200. 

Restrictions  on,  1194, 1197. 

Sending  messages,  1201, 1203. 

Settlement  of  accounts,  1196. 

Special  delivery,  1203. 
Telephoning,  1204. 
Temporary  Absence: 

Commutation,  1330. 
Temporary  Duty: 

Orders,  1319. 
Tent  Pins,  1186. 
Territorial  Divisions  and  Departments 

Assignment  of  commanders,  186. 

Duties  of  commanders,  186-197,  209. 

Establishment,  186. 

Succession  to  command,  193. 
Tests: 

Attendance,  1585-1587. 
Thread,  1243. 
Tickets: 

Ferries,  1132,  1133. 

Sleeping-car,  1134-1140. 

Street-car,  1133. 
Timber: 

Unlawful  cutting,  484. 
Time: 

Computation  of,  655. 
Title  Papers,  709. 
Toilet  Paper: 

Issues,  1242,  1243. 


Tools : 

Smiths',  1104. 
Toweling: 

Unbleached,  1243. 
Towels: 

Huck,  1242. 
Transfer  of  Public  Moneys: 

Method  of,  598. 

One  appropriation  to  another  forbidden,  599. 
Transfers: 

Commissioned  officers,  47,  48. 

Date  of,  113. 

Enlisted  men,  112, 113,  1440. 

Hospital  Corps,  1440. 

Public  funds,  598,  599. 

Public  property,  669-676. 

Subsistence,  1214. 
Transmittal: 

Letters  of,  778. 
Transportation: 

Accounts  for,  1112. 

Allotments  to  departments,  1108. 

Ambulances,  1111. 

Army  transports,  1115. 

Artificial  limbs,  1518-1521. 

Athletic  appliances,  346. 

Baggage,  1129, 1130, 1141-1145. 

Bridges,  1132. 

Deserters,  119-125. 

Enlisted  men,  baggage,  1130,  1141-1145. 
On  furlough,  108, 109. 

Executive  departments  1150-1152. 

Ferries,  1132, 1133. 

Ferry  tickets,  1133. 

Furloughed  soldiers,  108,  109. 

Furnishing,  1114, 1115. 

Loans  to  exploring  expeditions,  676. 

Material  for  gymnasiums,  etc.,  346. 

Means  of,  1107-1112. 

Messenger  service,  1133. 

Mules,  1107. 

Officers'  horses,  1105. 

Pack,  1107,  1108. 

Penalty  envelopes,  846,  847. 

Persons  (see  Transportation  of  Persons) ,  1116- 
1131. 

Private  horses,  1105. 

Property,  1146-1152. 

Remains,  86, 165. 

Requests,  1122-1127,  1131. 

Requisitions,  1113. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  134. 

Sleeping-car,  1134-1140. 

Soldiers'  Home,  178. 

Street  cars,  1133. 

Supplies,  1146-1152. 

Turnpikes,  1132. 

Witnesses  before  civil  courts,  1003. 
Transportation  of  Persons: 

Baggage,  1129-1131, 1141-1145. 

Changes  in  route,  1119,  1120. 

Civilian  physicians,  1121. 

Discharged  soldiers,  143. 

Deserters,  119-125. 

Furloughed  soldiers,  108, 109 

Orders  for,  1117. 

Remains,  87, 165. 


300 


INDEX. 


Transportation  of  Persons— Continued. 

Requisitions  for,  1116. 

Requests  (see  Transportation  Requests) ,  1122-1131. 

Retired  enlisted  men,  134. 

Returns  of  troops,  etc.,  1116. 

Routes,  1118. 

Sleeping  cars,  1134-1140. 

Soldiers'  Home,  178. 

Troops,  1116-1121. 
Transportation  of  Supplies: 

Chapels,  1151. 

Damage  or  deficiency  in,  1147,  1148. 

Express,  by,  1149. 

Libraries,  1151. 

Marking  packages,  1146. 

Medical  Museum,  1152. 

Militia,  for  the,  1150. 

Military  Academy,  1152. 

Military  Service  Institution,  1152. 

Receipts,  1147. 

Settlement  for,  1148. 

Transfer  of  responsibility,  1147. 
Transportation  Requests: 

Baggage,  1128-1]  31. 

Bridges,  1132. 

Changes  in,  forbidden,  1125. 

Contents,  1122-1125. 

Ferries,  1132. 

Issue,  1122-1124. 

Parlor  cars,  1134-1140. 

Receipts,  1124. 

Return  trip,  1127. 

Sleeping  cars,  1134-1140. 

Street  cars,  1133. 

Tickets  for,  1126. 

Turnpikes,  1132. 
Transport  Service,  1115. 
Transports: 

Deaths  on,  reports,  83. 

Employees  of  Signal  Corps,  1600. 

Hospitals,  1468. 

Subsistence,  enlisted  men,  1257, 1260,  1261. 
Travel  Allowances  (see  Mileage): 

Accompanying  recruits,  1318. 

Actual  expenses,  sea  travel,  1308. 

Actual  transportation,  1307. 

Allowance,  1307, 1308. 

Changes  of  station,  1320-1322. 

Commissioned  officers  (see  Mileage) ,  1307-1326. 

Computation  of  distances,  1307,  1310. 

Deductions,  1307. 

Discharged  enlisted  men,  1406-1408. 

Engineer  officers,  1536. 

Expert  accountant,  740. 

Journeys,  orders  for,  1313-1322. 

Lines  of  travel,  1315. 

Mileage,  1307. 

Orders  involving,  1313-1322. 

Paymasters'  clerks,  740. 

Payment,  1311. 

Public  works,  1323. 

Quartermaster's  Department,  transportation  by, 
1307. 

Rejoining  station,  1317. 

Restrictions  on,  1325. 

Sea  travel,  1308. 

Settlement,  1310. 


Travel  Allowances— Continued. 

Shortest  usually  traveled  route,  1307-1310. 

Tables  of  distances,  1307,  1310. 

Temporary  duty,  1319. 

Transportation  in  kind,  1307. 

Transports,  1257, 1261. 

Travel  with,  troops,  1309. 

Vouchers,  1316. 
Travel  on  Duty: 

Delays,  70. 

Orders  for,  69,  71-73. 

Reports  of,  68. 

Return  journeys,  69. 

Route,  68. 

Visits  to  Washington,  74. 

Without  orders,  73. 
Travel  Expenses,  Civilian  Employees: 

Actual  expenses,  737. 

Basis  of  reimbursement,  736-741. 

Change  of  station,  742. 

Commutation  of  rations,  739. 

Expert  accountant,  740. 

Laborers,  737. 

Lodging,  736. 

Meals,  736. 

Paymasters'  clerks,  740,  742. 

Payment,  741. 

Reimbursement,  736. 

Rations,  739. 

Restriction  on  payments,  738. 

Teamsters,  737. 

Transportation  requests,  735. 
Travel  Ration,  1218, 1221,  1227. 
Travel  with  Troops,  1309. 
Travel  without  Troops,  1309. 
Travels,  1460. 
Trespassers: 

Ejection  of,  209. 

Public  lands,  484. 

Reservations,  109. 
Trials: 

Charges  and  specifications,  960-964. 

Clerk,  994,  9%. 

Contempt,  954. 

Counsel,  969. 

Garrison  courts,  A.  W.  83. 

Inferior  courts,  A.  W.  80, 83. 

Interpreters,  997. 

Previous  convictions,  9G3, 970. 

Punishments,  970. 

Punishment  order,  992. 

Record,  987-993. 

Regimental  courts,  A.  W.  81. 

Reporters,  994-996. 

Second,  for  same  offense,  A.  W.  102. 

Sentences,  970-986. 

Summary  courts,  963-968. 

Witnesses,  956-959,  998-1003. 

:  Tribunals.     (See  Courts-martial.) 

Troops  (see  Companies),  256-293. 

Articles  of  War  read  to,  A.  W.  2. 

Constructions  by,  679. 

Duty  with,  1328. 

Employment  of,  in  execution  of  laws,  483-488. 

Employment  of,  in  labors,  166. 

Engineer,  1522-1526. 

Inspections,  898,  904-908. 


INDEX. 


301 


Troops— Continued. 

Labor  of,  for  contractors,  515. 

Monthly  returns,  816-819. 

Payments  to,  1343. 

Rations,  1210,  1211,  1218-1223. 

Returns  of.    (See  Returns  of  Troops.) 

Rosters,  810. 

Salutes  by,  384,  385,  407. 

Transportation,  1116-1145. 

Traveling  with,  1309. 
Trumpeters: 

Appointment,  266,  269. 

Reduction,  266. 
Trumpets,  1190. 
Turnpikes: 

Payments  for  use  of,  1132. 
Twice  Tried  for  Same  Offense,  A.  W.  102. 
Tyrannical  Conduct: 

Forbidden,  3. 
t'n garrisoned  Posts: 

Inspection  of,  898. 
Uniform,  1601. 

Enlisted  men,  280. 

Fatigue,  280. 

Regulations  for,  1601. 

Servants  not  to  wear,  1185. 
Union  Pacific  Railroad: 

Transportation  by,  484. 
Union: 

Salute  to,  etc.,  402. 
United  States  Cavalry  and  Field  Artillery  School, 

454. 

United  States  Engineer  School,  454. 
United  States  Infantry  and  Cavalry  School,  451. 
United  States  Penitentiary,  974. 
United  States  War  College,  454. 
Unserviceable  Property: 

Classified,  632. 

Inspector  acts  on,  when,  682. 

Purchase  of,  685. 

Sales  of,  683,  684. 

Surveying  officer  acts  on  when,  682. 
Taccination,  876, 879. 

Noted  on  descriptive  lists,  103. 

Operation,  876. 

Record,  879. 
Tegetables: 

Issues,  1221, 1225. 
Terbal  Applications: 

Channels  for,  788. 

Permits  to  be  absent,  64. 
Vessels  of  War: 

Salutes,  403, 415. 

Visits,  411,413-416. 
Veterans: 

Discharge,  142. 
Veterinarians,  Cavalry  and  Artillery  Corps: 

Allowances,  89. 

Appointment,  88. 

Duties,  90, 91. 

Examinations,  88. 

Rank,  9. 

Veterinary  Hospitals,  92. 
Veterinary  Medicines,  1080-1082. 

Books,  etc.,  1082. 

Custody,  1081,1082. 


Veterinary  Medicines— Continued. 

Estimates,  1080. 

Instruments,  1082. 

Issues,  1080, 1081. 

Requisitions,  1080. 
Veterans'  Discharge,  142. 
Vice- Admiral: 

Relative  rank,  12. 
Vice- President: 

Honors  to,  381. 

Salutes  to,  404. 
Victuals: 

Liquors,  etc.,  imposts  on,  A.  W.  18. 
Vinegar: 

Extra  issues,  1242. 
Violence: 

Persons  bringing  provisions,  A.  W.  56. 
Visits: 

Arriving  officers,  410. 

Boarding,  411. 

By  officers,  410-418. 

Commanding  officers,  410-418. 

Courtesies,  410-418. 

Foreign  officers,  411. 

Governor-general,  412. 

Interchange  of,  410-418. 

Naval  officers,  411-418. 

Return,  410-418. 

To  officers,  410-418. 

Vessels  of  war,  413-418. 
Volunteers: 

Honors  to,  395. 

Rank,  A.  W.  10, 11, 123. 

Relative  rank,  11. 

Salutes  to,  406. 
Vouchers: 

Advertising,  505, 507. 

Job  printing,  510. 

Printing,  510. 
Vouchers,  Money: 

Administrators,  656. 

Certificates  of  fact,  636. 

Checks,  644, 646, 647. 

Computation  of  time,  655. 

Contents,  637,638. 

Contracts.    (See  Contracts.) 

Correctness  of  certificates,  636. 

Due  bills,  forbidden,  654. 

Engineer  Department,  638. 

Executors,  656. 

Facts,  certificates  of,  63«. 

Fees,  653. 

Foreign,  639. 

Heirs,  656. 

Identification  of  payees,  649. 

Invoices,  643, 644. 

Language,  637. 

Money  amounts,  entry,  639, 652. 

Number  of  copies,  635. 

Payments,  642, 644, 646, 656. 

Preparation  of,  635-640. 

Receipts,  641-643, 647, 648. 

Signatures,  642, 646, 648, 650, 651. 

Statement  of,  636-640, 644. 

Time,  computation  of,  655. 
Vouchers,  Property,  669-674. 


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Wagoners : 

Appointment,  266, 269. 

Extra-duty  pay,  171. 

Reduction,  266. 
Wagon  Master: 

Not  to  be  interested  in  transportation,  etc.,  1099. 
Waiver  of  Bonds  (see  Bonds),  567. 
War  College,  454. 

War  Department.     (See  Secretary  of  War.) 
Warrants : 

Noncommissioned  officers,  247. 
War  Vessels: 

Salutes,  403,  415. 

Visits,  411,  413-418. 
Washington  Aqueduct,  709. 
Washington,  D.  C. : 

Reports  of  arrival,  832. 

Visits  to,  74. 

Watchword,  making  known,  A.'W.44 
Whistles: 

Issue  of,  1190. 
Wicks,  1058, 1060. 


Wine.     (See  Post  Exchanges.) 
Withholding  of  Privileges,  960. 
Witnesses : 

Appearance,  956-958. 
Attachment,  959. 
Civil  courts,  75. 
Civilian,  956. 
Fees,  998-1003. 

Judge-Advocate,  duties  of,  956-959. 
Refusal  to  testify,  1000. 
Subpoenas  to,  956-958. 
Witnesses,  Civilian: 
Allowances,  998-1000. 
Attachment,  959. 
Civil  courts,  1003. 
Fees,  998-1003. 
Military  courts,  998-1002. 
Payments  to,  999,  1000-1003. 
Refusal  to  testify,  1000. 
Subpoenas,  956,  957. 
Surveys  on  property,  714. 
Writs  of  attachment,  959. 


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